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 August 2022. For more information, please see Climatological Rankings.
Massachusetts
Precipitation Rankings, August 2009
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| Period | Value | 1901-2000 Mean |
Anomaly | Rank (1895-2022) |
Wettest/Driest Since |
Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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August 2009 1-Month |
4.72" (119.89mm) | 3.90" (99.06mm) |
0.82" (20.83mm) | 94th Driest | Driest since: 2008 | 1984 |
| 35th Wettest | Wettest since: 2004 | 1955 | ||||
|
Jul–Aug 2009 2-Month |
13.30" (337.82mm) | 7.58" (192.53mm) |
5.72" (145.29mm) | 125th Driest | Driest since: 2008 | 1968 |
| 4th Wettest | Wettest since: 1955 | 1955 | ||||
|
Jun–Aug 2009 3-Month |
18.90" (480.06mm) | 11.24" (285.50mm) |
7.66" (194.56mm) | 126th Driest | Driest since: 2008 | 1949 |
| 3rd Wettest | Wettest since: 1955 | 1938 | ||||
|
May–Aug 2009 4-Month |
22.73" (577.34mm) | 14.83" (376.68mm) |
7.90" (200.66mm) | 124th Driest | Driest since: 2008 | 1964 |
| 5th Wettest | Wettest since: 2006 | 2006 | ||||
|
Apr–Aug 2009 5-Month |
26.89" (683.01mm) | 18.73" (475.74mm) |
8.16" (207.27mm) | 126th Driest | Driest since: 2008 | 1965 |
| 3rd Wettest | Wettest since: 2006 | 2006 | ||||
|
Mar–Aug 2009 6-Month |
29.91" (759.71mm) | 22.66" (575.56mm) |
7.25" (184.15mm) | 123rd Driest | Driest since: 2008 | 1965 |
| 6th Wettest | Wettest since: 1984 | 1901 | ||||
|
Feb–Aug 2009 7-Month |
31.70" (805.18mm) | 25.87" (657.10mm) |
5.83" (148.08mm) | 114th Driest | Driest since: 2007 | 1957 |
| 15th Wettest | Wettest since: 2008 | 1984 | ||||
|
Jan–Aug 2009 8-Month |
35.50" (901.70mm) | 29.51" (749.55mm) |
5.99" (152.15mm) | 115th Driest | Driest since: 2007 | 1957 |
| 14th Wettest | Wettest since: 2008 | 1979 | ||||
| Ties: 1922 | ||||||
|
Dec 2008–Aug 2009 9-Month |
42.57" (1,081.28mm) | 33.34" (846.84mm) |
9.23" (234.44mm) | 124th Driest | Driest since: 2007 | 1965 |
| 4th Wettest | Wettest since: 2008 | 1984 | ||||
|
Nov 2008–Aug 2009 10-Month |
46.38" (1,178.05mm) | 37.36" (948.94mm) |
9.02" (229.11mm) | 121st Driest | Driest since: 2007 | 1965 |
| 7th Wettest | Wettest since: 2008 | 1984 | ||||
|
Oct 2008–Aug 2009 11-Month |
49.22" (1,250.19mm) | 40.88" (1,038.35mm) |
8.34" (211.84mm) | 116th Driest | Driest since: 2007 | 1965 |
| 12th Wettest | Wettest since: 2008 | 2006 | ||||
|
Sep 2008–Aug 2009 12-Month |
57.46" (1,459.48mm) | 44.66" (1,134.36mm) |
12.80" (325.12mm) | 124th Driest | Driest since: 2008 | 1965 |
| 4th Wettest | Wettest since: 2006 | 2006 | ||||
|
Mar 2008–Aug 2009 18-Month |
84.13" (2,136.90mm) | 67.23" (1,707.64mm) |
16.90" (429.26mm) | 123rd Driest | Driest since: 2008 | 1966 |
| 5th Wettest | Wettest since: 2006 | 1984 | ||||
|
Sep 2007–Aug 2009 24-Month |
110.05" (2,795.27mm) | 89.21" (2,265.93mm) |
20.84" (529.34mm) | 124th Driest | Driest since: 2008 | 1966 |
| 3rd Wettest | Wettest since: 2007 | 2006 | ||||
| Ties: 2019 | ||||||
|
Sep 2006–Aug 2009 36-Month |
157.15" (3,991.61mm) | 133.85" (3,399.79mm) |
23.30" (591.82mm) | 118th Driest | Driest since: 2005 | 1966 |
| 8th Wettest | Wettest since: 2008 | 2008 | ||||
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Sep 2005–Aug 2009 48-Month |
220.14" (5,591.56mm) | 178.47" (4,533.14mm) |
41.67" (1,058.42mm) | 124th Driest | Driest since: 2008 | 1966 |
| 1st Wettest | Wettest to Date | 2009 | ||||
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Sep 2004–Aug 2009 60-Month |
269.27" (6,839.46mm) | 223.07" (5,665.98mm) |
46.20" (1,173.48mm) | 123rd Driest | Driest since: 2008 | 1966 |
| 1st Wettest | Wettest to Date | 2009 | ||||
Citing This Page
- NOAA National Centers for Environmental information, Climate at a Glance: Statewide Time Series, Precipitation, published September 2022, retrieved on October 7, 2022 from https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cag/