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, December 2009
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| Period | Value | 1901-2000 Mean |
Anomaly | Rank (1895-2021) |
Wettest/Driest Since |
Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
December 2009 1-Month |
4.87" (123.70mm) | 3.84" (97.54mm) |
1.03" (26.16mm) | 92nd Driest | Driest since: 2006 | 1943 |
| 36th Wettest | Wettest since: 2008 | 1973 | ||||
| Ties: 1953 | ||||||
|
Nov–Dec 2009 2-Month |
8.12" (206.25mm) | 7.85" (199.39mm) |
0.27" (6.86mm) | 68th Driest | Driest since: 2006 | 1917 |
| 60th Wettest | Wettest since: 2008 | 1969 | ||||
|
Oct–Dec 2009 3-Month |
14.10" (358.14mm) | 11.35" (288.29mm) |
2.75" (69.85mm) | 96th Driest | Driest since: 2008 | 1924 |
| 32nd Wettest | Wettest since: 2005 | 2005 | ||||
|
Sep–Dec 2009 4-Month |
16.21" (411.73mm) | 15.13" (384.30mm) |
1.08" (27.43mm) | 71st Driest | Driest since: 2007 | 1908 |
| 57th Wettest | Wettest since: 2008 | 2005 | ||||
|
Aug–Dec 2009 5-Month |
20.93" (531.62mm) | 19.04" (483.62mm) |
1.89" (48.00mm) | 85th Driest | Driest since: 2007 | 2001 |
| 43rd Wettest | Wettest since: 2008 | 2011 | ||||
|
Jul–Dec 2009 6-Month |
29.51" (749.55mm) | 22.72" (577.09mm) |
6.79" (172.46mm) | 116th Driest | Driest since: 2007 | 1965 |
| 12th Wettest | Wettest since: 2008 | 2018 | ||||
| Ties: 1969 | ||||||
|
Jun–Dec 2009 7-Month |
35.11" (891.79mm) | 26.37" (669.80mm) |
8.74" (221.99mm) | 117th Driest | Driest since: 2007 | 1949 |
| 11th Wettest | Wettest since: 2008 | 2011 | ||||
|
May–Dec 2009 8-Month |
38.94" (989.08mm) | 29.96" (760.98mm) |
8.98" (228.10mm) | 115th Driest | Driest since: 2007 | 1965 |
| 13th Wettest | Wettest since: 2008 | 2011 | ||||
|
Apr–Dec 2009 9-Month |
43.10" (1,094.74mm) | 33.86" (860.04mm) |
9.24" (234.70mm) | 115th Driest | Driest since: 2007 | 1965 |
| 13th Wettest | Wettest since: 2008 | 2011 | ||||
|
Mar–Dec 2009 10-Month |
46.12" (1,171.45mm) | 37.79" (959.87mm) |
8.33" (211.58mm) | 111th Driest | Driest since: 2007 | 1965 |
| 17th Wettest | Wettest since: 2008 | 2011 | ||||
|
Feb–Dec 2009 11-Month |
47.91" (1,216.91mm) | 41.01" (1,041.65mm) |
6.90" (175.26mm) | 107th Driest | Driest since: 2007 | 1965 |
| 21st Wettest | Wettest since: 2008 | 1972 | ||||
|
Jan–Dec 2009 12-Month |
51.71" (1,313.43mm) | 44.65" (1,134.11mm) |
7.06" (179.32mm) | 105th Driest | Driest since: 2007 | 1965 |
| 23rd Wettest | Wettest since: 2008 | 2018 | ||||
|
Jul 2008–Dec 2009 18-Month |
84.24" (2,139.70mm) | 67.35" (1,710.69mm) |
16.89" (429.01mm) | 121st Driest | Driest since: 2008 | 1965 |
| 6th Wettest | Wettest since: 2006 | 2019 | ||||
|
Jan 2008–Dec 2009 24-Month |
111.41" (2,829.81mm) | 89.27" (2,267.46mm) |
22.14" (562.35mm) | 124th Driest | Driest since: 2008 | 1965 |
| 3rd Wettest | Wettest since: 1973 | 2019 | ||||
|
Jan 2007–Dec 2009 36-Month |
156.90" (3,985.26mm) | 133.83" (3,399.28mm) |
23.07" (585.98mm) | 119th Driest | Driest since: 2007 | 1966 |
| 7th Wettest | Wettest since: 2008 | 2011 | ||||
|
Jan 2006–Dec 2009 48-Month |
210.60" (5,349.24mm) | 178.43" (4,532.12mm) |
32.17" (817.12mm) | 120th Driest | Driest since: 2007 | 1966 |
| 5th Wettest | Wettest since: 2008 | 2011 | ||||
|
Jan 2005–Dec 2009 60-Month |
267.61" (6,797.29mm) | 223.12" (5,667.25mm) |
44.49" (1,130.04mm) | 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 5, 2022 from https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cag/