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 2018
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| Period | Value | 1901-2000 Mean |
Anomaly | Rank (1895-2021) |
Wettest/Driest Since |
Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
December 2018 1-Month |
3.93" (99.82mm) | 3.84" (97.54mm) |
0.09" (2.28mm) | 70th Driest | Driest since: 2017 | 1943 |
| 58th Wettest | Wettest since: 2015 | 1973 | ||||
|
Nov–Dec 2018 2-Month |
12.70" (322.58mm) | 7.85" (199.39mm) |
4.85" (123.19mm) | 124th Driest | Driest since: 2017 | 1917 |
| 4th Wettest | Wettest since: 1983 | 1969 | ||||
|
Oct–Dec 2018 3-Month |
17.62" (447.55mm) | 11.35" (288.29mm) |
6.27" (159.26mm) | 123rd Driest | Driest since: 2017 | 1924 |
| 5th Wettest | Wettest since: 2005 | 2005 | ||||
|
Sep–Dec 2018 4-Month |
25.22" (640.59mm) | 15.13" (384.30mm) |
10.09" (256.29mm) | 125th Driest | Driest since: 2017 | 1908 |
| 3rd Wettest | Wettest since: 2005 | 2005 | ||||
|
Aug–Dec 2018 5-Month |
31.46" (799.08mm) | 19.04" (483.62mm) |
12.42" (315.46mm) | 126th Driest | Driest since: 2017 | 2001 |
| 2nd Wettest | Wettest since: 2011 | 2011 | ||||
|
Jul–Dec 2018 6-Month |
36.11" (917.19mm) | 22.72" (577.09mm) |
13.39" (340.10mm) | 127th Driest | Driest since: 2017 | 1965 |
| 1st Wettest | Wettest to Date | 2018 | ||||
|
Jun–Dec 2018 7-Month |
40.16" (1,020.06mm) | 26.37" (669.80mm) |
13.79" (350.26mm) | 126th Driest | Driest since: 2017 | 1949 |
| 2nd Wettest | Wettest since: 2011 | 2011 | ||||
|
May–Dec 2018 8-Month |
42.21" (1,072.13mm) | 29.96" (760.98mm) |
12.25" (311.15mm) | 123rd Driest | Driest since: 2017 | 1965 |
| 5th Wettest | Wettest since: 2011 | 2011 | ||||
|
Apr–Dec 2018 9-Month |
47.20" (1,198.88mm) | 33.86" (860.04mm) |
13.34" (338.84mm) | 125th Driest | Driest since: 2017 | 1965 |
| 3rd Wettest | Wettest since: 2011 | 2011 | ||||
|
Mar–Dec 2018 10-Month |
51.65" (1,311.91mm) | 37.79" (959.87mm) |
13.86" (352.04mm) | 125th Driest | Driest since: 2017 | 1965 |
| 3rd Wettest | Wettest since: 2011 | 2011 | ||||
|
Feb–Dec 2018 11-Month |
56.53" (1,435.86mm) | 41.01" (1,041.65mm) |
15.52" (394.21mm) | 124th Driest | Driest since: 2017 | 1965 |
| 4th Wettest | Wettest since: 2011 | 1972 | ||||
|
Jan–Dec 2018 12-Month |
61.03" (1,550.16mm) | 44.65" (1,134.11mm) |
16.38" (416.05mm) | 127th Driest | Driest since: 2017 | 1965 |
| 1st Wettest | Wettest to Date | 2018 | ||||
|
Jul 2017–Dec 2018 18-Month |
82.19" (2,087.63mm) | 67.35" (1,710.69mm) |
14.84" (376.94mm) | 120th Driest | Driest since: 2017 | 1965 |
| 7th Wettest | Wettest since: 2011 | 2019 | ||||
|
Jan 2017–Dec 2018 24-Month |
107.85" (2,739.39mm) | 89.27" (2,267.46mm) |
18.58" (471.93mm) | 120th Driest | Driest since: 2017 | 1965 |
| 7th Wettest | Wettest since: 2011 | 2019 | ||||
|
Jan 2016–Dec 2018 36-Month |
144.68" (3,674.87mm) | 133.83" (3,399.28mm) |
10.85" (275.59mm) | 91st Driest | Driest since: 2017 | 1966 |
| 35th Wettest | Wettest since: 2013 | 2011 | ||||
|
Jan 2015–Dec 2018 48-Month |
186.07" (4,726.18mm) | 178.43" (4,532.12mm) |
7.64" (194.06mm) | 74th Driest | Driest since: 2017 | 1966 |
| 51st Wettest | Wettest since: 2014 | 2011 | ||||
|
Jan 2014–Dec 2018 60-Month |
236.17" (5,998.72mm) | 223.12" (5,667.25mm) |
13.05" (331.47mm) | 79th Driest | Driest since: 2017 | 1966 |
| 45th Wettest | Wettest since: 2015 | 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/