Climate at a Glance
Statewide Rankings
Look up monthly rankings for 1-12, 18, 24, 36, 48, and 60-month time periods using the options below. Data and statistics are as of July 2022. For more information, please see Climatological Rankings.
Massachusetts
Precipitation Rankings, August 1959
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| Period | Value | 1901-2000 Mean |
Anomaly | Rank (1895-2021) |
Wettest/Driest Since |
Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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August 1959 1-Month |
3.75" (95.25mm) | 3.90" (99.06mm) |
-0.15" (-3.81mm) | 68th Driest | Driest since: 1957 | 1984 |
| 60th Wettest | Wettest since: 1958 | 1955 | ||||
|
Jul–Aug 1959 2-Month |
9.31" (236.47mm) | 7.58" (192.53mm) |
1.73" (43.94mm) | 97th Driest | Driest since: 1958 | 1968 |
| 31st Wettest | Wettest since: 1955 | 1955 | ||||
|
Jun–Aug 1959 3-Month |
14.28" (362.71mm) | 11.24" (285.50mm) |
3.04" (77.21mm) | 100th Driest | Driest since: 1958 | 1949 |
| 28th Wettest | Wettest since: 1955 | 1938 | ||||
|
May–Aug 1959 4-Month |
15.77" (400.56mm) | 14.83" (376.68mm) |
0.94" (23.88mm) | 74th Driest | Driest since: 1958 | 1964 |
| 54th Wettest | Wettest since: 1955 | 2006 | ||||
|
Apr–Aug 1959 5-Month |
19.70" (500.38mm) | 18.73" (475.74mm) |
0.97" (24.64mm) | 74th Driest | Driest since: 1957 | 1965 |
| 54th Wettest | Wettest since: 1958 | 2006 | ||||
| Ties: 1987 | ||||||
|
Mar–Aug 1959 6-Month |
24.67" (626.62mm) | 22.66" (575.56mm) |
2.01" (51.06mm) | 81st Driest | Driest since: 1958 | 1965 |
| 47th Wettest | Wettest since: 1955 | 1901 | ||||
|
Feb–Aug 1959 7-Month |
27.67" (702.82mm) | 25.87" (657.10mm) |
1.80" (45.72mm) | 80th Driest | Driest since: 1957 | 1957 |
| 48th Wettest | Wettest since: 1958 | 1984 | ||||
| Ties: 1948 | ||||||
|
Jan–Aug 1959 8-Month |
30.77" (781.56mm) | 29.51" (749.55mm) |
1.26" (32.01mm) | 70th Driest | Driest since: 1957 | 1957 |
| 58th Wettest | Wettest since: 1958 | 1979 | ||||
| Ties: 1960 | ||||||
|
Dec 1958–Aug 1959 9-Month |
32.41" (823.21mm) | 33.34" (846.84mm) |
-0.93" (-23.63mm) | 51st Driest | Driest since: 1957 | 1965 |
| 76th Wettest | Wettest since: 1958 | 1984 | ||||
|
Nov 1958–Aug 1959 10-Month |
36.11" (917.19mm) | 37.36" (948.94mm) |
-1.25" (-31.75mm) | 48th Driest | Driest since: 1957 | 1965 |
| 79th Wettest | Wettest since: 1958 | 1984 | ||||
|
Oct 1958–Aug 1959 11-Month |
39.45" (1,002.03mm) | 40.88" (1,038.35mm) |
-1.43" (-36.32mm) | 46th Driest | Driest since: 1957 | 1965 |
| 81st Wettest | Wettest since: 1958 | 2006 | ||||
|
Sep 1958–Aug 1959 12-Month |
44.72" (1,135.89mm) | 44.66" (1,134.36mm) |
0.06" (1.53mm) | 56th Driest | Driest since: 1957 | 1965 |
| 71st Wettest | Wettest since: 1958 | 2006 | ||||
|
Mar 1958–Aug 1959 18-Month |
69.30" (1,760.22mm) | 67.23" (1,707.64mm) |
2.07" (52.58mm) | 69th Driest | Driest since: 1958 | 1966 |
| 58th Wettest | Wettest since: 1956 | 1984 | ||||
|
Sep 1957–Aug 1959 24-Month |
94.45" (2,399.03mm) | 89.21" (2,265.93mm) |
5.24" (133.10mm) | 77th Driest | Driest since: 1958 | 1966 |
| 49th Wettest | Wettest since: 1956 | 2006 | ||||
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Sep 1956–Aug 1959 36-Month |
129.79" (3,296.67mm) | 133.85" (3,399.79mm) |
-4.06" (-103.12mm) | 40th Driest | Driest since: 1951 | 1966 |
| 85th Wettest | Wettest since: 1958 | 2008 | ||||
|
Sep 1955–Aug 1959 48-Month |
176.56" (4,484.62mm) | 178.47" (4,533.14mm) |
-1.91" (-48.52mm) | 47th Driest | Driest since: 1952 | 1966 |
| 77th Wettest | Wettest since: 1958 | 2009 | ||||
|
Sep 1954–Aug 1959 60-Month |
231.64" (5,883.66mm) | 223.07" (5,665.98mm) |
8.57" (217.68mm) | 69th Driest | Driest since: 1954 | 1966 |
| 54th Wettest | Wettest since: 1958 | 2009 | ||||
Citing This Page
- NOAA National Centers for Environmental information, Climate at a Glance: Statewide Time Series, published August 2022, retrieved on August 13, 2022 from https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/cag/