Climate at a Glance
Statewide Rankings
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Massachusetts
Precipitation Rankings, August 1987
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| Period | Value | 1901-2000 Mean |
Anomaly | Rank (1895-2022) |
Wettest/Driest Since |
Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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August 1987 1-Month |
3.61" (91.69mm) | 3.90" (99.06mm) |
-0.29" (-7.37mm) | 64th Driest | Driest since: 1984 | 1984 |
| 65th Wettest | Wettest since: 1986 | 1955 | ||||
|
Jul–Aug 1987 2-Month |
5.57" (141.48mm) | 7.58" (192.53mm) |
-2.01" (-51.05mm) | 25th Driest | Driest since: 1980 | 1968 |
| 104th Wettest | Wettest since: 1986 | 1955 | ||||
|
Jun–Aug 1987 3-Month |
8.43" (214.12mm) | 11.24" (285.50mm) |
-2.81" (-71.38mm) | 21st Driest | Driest since: 1966 | 1949 |
| 108th Wettest | Wettest since: 1986 | 1938 | ||||
|
May–Aug 1987 4-Month |
10.29" (261.37mm) | 14.83" (376.68mm) |
-4.54" (-115.31mm) | 12th Driest | Driest since: 1965 | 1964 |
| 117th Wettest | Wettest since: 1986 | 2006 | ||||
|
Apr–Aug 1987 5-Month |
19.70" (500.38mm) | 18.73" (475.74mm) |
0.97" (24.64mm) | 75th Driest | Driest since: 1981 | 1965 |
| 54th Wettest | Wettest since: 1986 | 2006 | ||||
| Ties: 1959 | ||||||
|
Mar–Aug 1987 6-Month |
23.03" (584.96mm) | 22.66" (575.56mm) |
0.37" (9.40mm) | 62nd Driest | Driest since: 1985 | 1965 |
| 67th Wettest | Wettest since: 1986 | 1901 | ||||
| Ties: 1951 | ||||||
|
Feb–Aug 1987 7-Month |
23.56" (598.42mm) | 25.87" (657.10mm) |
-2.31" (-58.68mm) | 34th Driest | Driest since: 1980 | 1957 |
| 95th Wettest | Wettest since: 1986 | 1984 | ||||
|
Jan–Aug 1987 8-Month |
29.07" (738.38mm) | 29.51" (749.55mm) |
-0.44" (-11.17mm) | 60th Driest | Driest since: 1985 | 1957 |
| 69th Wettest | Wettest since: 1986 | 1979 | ||||
|
Dec 1986–Aug 1987 9-Month |
35.31" (896.87mm) | 33.34" (846.84mm) |
1.97" (50.03mm) | 76th Driest | Driest since: 1986 | 1965 |
| 52nd Wettest | Wettest since: 1984 | 1984 | ||||
|
Nov 1986–Aug 1987 10-Month |
41.23" (1,047.24mm) | 37.36" (948.94mm) |
3.87" (98.30mm) | 93rd Driest | Driest since: 1986 | 1965 |
| 35th Wettest | Wettest since: 1984 | 1984 | ||||
| Ties: 1951 | ||||||
|
Oct 1986–Aug 1987 11-Month |
44.11" (1,120.39mm) | 40.88" (1,038.35mm) |
3.23" (82.04mm) | 83rd Driest | Driest since: 1986 | 1965 |
| 45th Wettest | Wettest since: 1984 | 2006 | ||||
|
Sep 1986–Aug 1987 12-Month |
45.67" (1,160.02mm) | 44.66" (1,134.36mm) |
1.01" (25.66mm) | 65th Driest | Driest since: 1985 | 1965 |
| 63rd Wettest | Wettest since: 1986 | 2006 | ||||
| Ties: 1974 | ||||||
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Mar 1986–Aug 1987 18-Month |
69.33" (1,760.98mm) | 67.23" (1,707.64mm) |
2.10" (53.34mm) | 70th Driest | Driest since: 1986 | 1966 |
| 58th Wettest | Wettest since: 1984 | 1984 | ||||
|
Sep 1985–Aug 1987 24-Month |
91.76" (2,330.70mm) | 89.21" (2,265.93mm) |
2.55" (64.77mm) | 65th Driest | Driest since: 1986 | 1966 |
| 62nd Wettest | Wettest since: 1985 | 2006 | ||||
|
Sep 1984–Aug 1987 36-Month |
129.35" (3,285.49mm) | 133.85" (3,399.79mm) |
-4.50" (-114.30mm) | 39th Driest | Driest since: 1982 | 1966 |
| 87th Wettest | Wettest since: 1986 | 2008 | ||||
|
Sep 1983–Aug 1987 48-Month |
188.13" (4,778.50mm) | 178.47" (4,533.14mm) |
9.66" (245.36mm) | 80th Driest | Driest since: 1983 | 1966 |
| 45th Wettest | Wettest since: 1986 | 2009 | ||||
| Ties: 1902 | ||||||
|
Sep 1982–Aug 1987 60-Month |
239.15" (6,074.41mm) | 223.07" (5,665.98mm) |
16.08" (408.43mm) | 95th Driest | Driest since: 1985 | 1966 |
| 29th Wettest | Wettest since: 1986 | 2009 | ||||
Citing This Page
- NOAA National Centers for Environmental information, Climate at a Glance: Statewide Time Series, Precipitation, published September 2022, retrieved on October 6, 2022 from https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cag/