Climate at a Glance
Statewide Rankings
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Massachusetts
Precipitation Rankings, December 1972
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| Period | Value | 1901-2000 Mean |
Anomaly | Rank (1895-2021) |
Wettest/Driest Since |
Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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December 1972 1-Month |
6.79" (172.47mm) | 3.84" (97.54mm) |
2.95" (74.93mm) | 120th Driest | Driest since: 1971 | 1943 |
| 8th Wettest | Wettest since: 1969 | 1973 | ||||
|
Nov–Dec 1972 2-Month |
14.39" (365.51mm) | 7.85" (199.39mm) |
6.54" (166.12mm) | 126th Driest | Driest since: 1971 | 1917 |
| 2nd Wettest | Wettest since: 1969 | 1969 | ||||
|
Oct–Dec 1972 3-Month |
18.11" (459.99mm) | 11.35" (288.29mm) |
6.76" (171.70mm) | 125th Driest | Driest since: 1971 | 1924 |
| 3rd Wettest | Wettest to Date | 2005 | ||||
|
Sep–Dec 1972 4-Month |
22.65" (575.31mm) | 15.13" (384.30mm) |
7.52" (191.01mm) | 121st Driest | Driest since: 1971 | 1908 |
| 7th Wettest | Wettest since: 1907 | 2005 | ||||
|
Aug–Dec 1972 5-Month |
25.11" (637.79mm) | 19.04" (483.62mm) |
6.07" (154.17mm) | 114th Driest | Driest since: 1971 | 2001 |
| 14th Wettest | Wettest since: 1955 | 2011 | ||||
|
Jul–Dec 1972 6-Month |
28.97" (735.84mm) | 22.72" (577.09mm) |
6.25" (158.75mm) | 112th Driest | Driest since: 1971 | 1965 |
| 16th Wettest | Wettest since: 1969 | 2018 | ||||
|
Jun–Dec 1972 7-Month |
37.04" (940.82mm) | 26.37" (669.80mm) |
10.67" (271.02mm) | 120th Driest | Driest since: 1971 | 1949 |
| 8th Wettest | Wettest since: 1955 | 2011 | ||||
|
May–Dec 1972 8-Month |
42.59" (1,081.79mm) | 29.96" (760.98mm) |
12.63" (320.81mm) | 124th Driest | Driest since: 1971 | 1965 |
| 4th Wettest | Wettest since: 1938 | 2011 | ||||
|
Apr–Dec 1972 9-Month |
46.53" (1,181.86mm) | 33.86" (860.04mm) |
12.67" (321.82mm) | 123rd Driest | Driest since: 1971 | 1965 |
| 5th Wettest | Wettest to Date | 2011 | ||||
|
Mar–Dec 1972 10-Month |
52.47" (1,332.74mm) | 37.79" (959.87mm) |
14.68" (372.87mm) | 126th Driest | Driest since: 1971 | 1965 |
| 2nd Wettest | Wettest to Date | 2011 | ||||
|
Feb–Dec 1972 11-Month |
57.31" (1,455.67mm) | 41.01" (1,041.65mm) |
16.30" (414.02mm) | 127th Driest | Driest since: 1971 | 1965 |
| 1st Wettest | Wettest to Date | 1972 | ||||
|
Jan–Dec 1972 12-Month |
59.49" (1,511.05mm) | 44.65" (1,134.11mm) |
14.84" (376.94mm) | 123rd Driest | Driest since: 1971 | 1965 |
| 5th Wettest | Wettest to Date | 2018 | ||||
|
Jul 1971–Dec 1972 18-Month |
81.64" (2,073.66mm) | 67.35" (1,710.69mm) |
14.29" (362.97mm) | 119th Driest | Driest since: 1971 | 1965 |
| 8th Wettest | Wettest to Date | 2019 | ||||
|
Jan 1971–Dec 1972 24-Month |
100.05" (2,541.27mm) | 89.27" (2,267.46mm) |
10.78" (273.81mm) | 103rd Driest | Driest since: 1971 | 1965 |
| 24th Wettest | Wettest since: 1955 | 2019 | ||||
|
Jan 1970–Dec 1972 36-Month |
141.59" (3,596.39mm) | 133.83" (3,399.28mm) |
7.76" (197.11mm) | 82nd Driest | Driest since: 1971 | 1966 |
| 44th Wettest | Wettest since: 1960 | 2011 | ||||
|
Jan 1969–Dec 1972 48-Month |
190.91" (4,849.11mm) | 178.43" (4,532.12mm) |
12.48" (316.99mm) | 88th Driest | Driest since: 1971 | 1966 |
| 37th Wettest | Wettest since: 1956 | 2011 | ||||
|
Jan 1968–Dec 1972 60-Month |
234.85" (5,965.19mm) | 223.12" (5,667.25mm) |
11.73" (297.94mm) | 77th Driest | Driest since: 1971 | 1966 |
| 47th Wettest | Wettest since: 1957 | 2009 |
Citing This Page
- NOAA National Centers for Environmental information, Climate at a Glance: Statewide Time Series, Precipitation, published September 2022, retrieved on September 25, 2022 from https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cag/