Climate at a Glance
Statewide Rankings
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Massachusetts
Precipitation Rankings, January 1953
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| Period | Value | 1901-2000 Mean |
Anomaly | Rank (1895-2022) |
Wettest/Driest Since |
Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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January 1953 1-Month |
6.26" (159.00mm) | 3.64" (92.46mm) |
2.62" (66.54mm) | 120th Driest | Driest since: 1952 | 1955 |
| 9th Wettest | Wettest since: 1936 | 1979 | ||||
|
Dec 1952–Jan 1953 2-Month |
10.20" (259.08mm) | 7.46" (189.48mm) |
2.74" (69.60mm) | 114th Driest | Driest since: 1952 | 1981 |
| 14th Wettest | Wettest since: 1937 | 1979 | ||||
|
Nov 1952–Jan 1953 3-Month |
12.56" (319.02mm) | 11.49" (291.85mm) |
1.07" (27.17mm) | 83rd Driest | Driest since: 1950 | 1981 |
| 45th Wettest | Wettest since: 1952 | 1978 | ||||
|
Oct 1952–Jan 1953 4-Month |
13.89" (352.81mm) | 15.00" (381.00mm) |
-1.11" (-28.19mm) | 51st Driest | Driest since: 1950 | 2002 |
| 77th Wettest | Wettest since: 1952 | 2006 | ||||
| Ties: 1923 | ||||||
|
Sep 1952–Jan 1953 5-Month |
17.12" (434.85mm) | 18.79" (477.27mm) |
-1.67" (-42.42mm) | 41st Driest | Driest since: 1950 | 2002 |
| 87th Wettest | Wettest since: 1952 | 2006 | ||||
|
Aug 1952–Jan 1953 6-Month |
23.30" (591.82mm) | 22.68" (576.07mm) |
0.62" (15.75mm) | 70th Driest | Driest since: 1951 | 1985 |
| 58th Wettest | Wettest since: 1952 | 2019 | ||||
|
Jul 1952–Jan 1953 7-Month |
25.19" (639.83mm) | 26.34" (669.04mm) |
-1.15" (-29.21mm) | 53rd Driest | Driest since: 1951 | 1981 |
| 75th Wettest | Wettest since: 1952 | 2019 | ||||
|
Jun 1952–Jan 1953 8-Month |
29.35" (745.49mm) | 29.96" (760.98mm) |
-0.61" (-15.49mm) | 55th Driest | Driest since: 1951 | 1965 |
| 73rd Wettest | Wettest since: 1952 | 2019 | ||||
|
May 1952–Jan 1953 9-Month |
33.42" (848.87mm) | 33.55" (852.17mm) |
-0.13" (-3.30mm) | 63rd Driest | Driest since: 1951 | 1965 |
| 65th Wettest | Wettest since: 1952 | 2019 | ||||
|
Apr 1952–Jan 1953 10-Month |
37.92" (963.17mm) | 37.41" (950.21mm) |
0.51" (12.96mm) | 69th Driest | Driest since: 1951 | 1966 |
| 59th Wettest | Wettest since: 1952 | 2019 | ||||
|
Mar 1952–Jan 1953 11-Month |
41.39" (1,051.31mm) | 41.36" (1,050.54mm) |
0.03" (0.77mm) | 58th Driest | Driest since: 1951 | 1966 |
| 70th Wettest | Wettest since: 1952 | 2019 | ||||
|
Feb 1952–Jan 1953 12-Month |
45.05" (1,144.27mm) | 44.61" (1,133.09mm) |
0.44" (11.18mm) | 67th Driest | Driest since: 1951 | 1966 |
| 61st Wettest | Wettest since: 1952 | 2019 | ||||
|
Aug 1951–Jan 1953 18-Month |
71.87" (1,825.50mm) | 67.22" (1,707.39mm) |
4.65" (118.11mm) | 80th Driest | Driest since: 1951 | 1966 |
| 47th Wettest | Wettest since: 1952 | 2006 | ||||
|
Feb 1951–Jan 1953 24-Month |
95.54" (2,426.72mm) | 89.20" (2,265.68mm) |
6.34" (161.04mm) | 89th Driest | Driest since: 1952 | 1966 |
| 38th Wettest | Wettest since: 1939 | 1974 | ||||
|
Feb 1950–Jan 1953 36-Month |
136.02" (3,454.91mm) | 133.81" (3,398.77mm) |
2.21" (56.14mm) | 59th Driest | Driest since: 1952 | 1967 |
| 67th Wettest | Wettest since: 1940 | 2011 | ||||
|
Feb 1949–Jan 1953 48-Month |
171.79" (4,363.47mm) | 178.50" (4,533.90mm) |
-6.71" (-170.43mm) | 34th Driest | Driest since: 1951 | 1967 |
| 91st Wettest | Wettest since: 1952 | 2012 | ||||
|
Feb 1948–Jan 1953 60-Month |
217.47" (5,523.74mm) | 223.05" (5,665.47mm) |
-5.58" (-141.73mm) | 41st Driest | Driest since: 1952 | 1967 |
| 83rd Wettest | Wettest since: 1949 | 2012 | ||||
Citing This Page
- NOAA National Centers for Environmental information, Climate at a Glance: Statewide Time Series, published August 2022, retrieved on August 16, 2022 from https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/cag/