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, October 2021
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| Period | Value | 1901-2000 Mean |
Anomaly | Rank (1895-2021) |
Wettest/Driest Since |
Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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October 2021 1-Month |
6.76" (171.70mm) | 3.50" (88.90mm) |
3.26" (82.80mm) | 118th Driest | Driest since: 2020 | 1924 |
| 10th Wettest | Wettest since: 2017 | 2005 | ||||
|
Sep–Oct 2021 2-Month |
14.17" (359.92mm) | 7.29" (185.17mm) |
6.88" (174.75mm) | 124th Driest | Driest since: 2020 | 1914 |
| 4th Wettest | Wettest since: 2011 | 2005 | ||||
|
Aug–Oct 2021 3-Month |
19.34" (491.24mm) | 11.19" (284.23mm) |
8.15" (207.01mm) | 124th Driest | Driest since: 2020 | 1940 |
| 4th Wettest | Wettest since: 2011 | 1955 | ||||
|
Jul–Oct 2021 4-Month |
29.75" (755.65mm) | 14.87" (377.70mm) |
14.88" (377.95mm) | 127th Driest | Driest since: 2020 | 1968 |
| 1st Wettest | Wettest to Date | 2021 | ||||
|
Jun–Oct 2021 5-Month |
32.24" (818.90mm) | 18.52" (470.41mm) |
13.72" (348.49mm) | 127th Driest | Driest since: 2020 | 1957 |
| 1st Wettest | Wettest to Date | 2021 | ||||
|
May–Oct 2021 6-Month |
37.38" (949.45mm) | 22.11" (561.59mm) |
15.27" (387.86mm) | 127th Driest | Driest since: 2020 | 1964 |
| 1st Wettest | Wettest to Date | 2021 | ||||
|
Apr–Oct 2021 7-Month |
41.72" (1,059.69mm) | 26.02" (660.91mm) |
15.70" (398.78mm) | 127th Driest | Driest since: 2020 | 1964 |
| 1st Wettest | Wettest to Date | 2021 | ||||
|
Mar–Oct 2021 8-Month |
43.91" (1,115.31mm) | 29.95" (760.73mm) |
13.96" (354.58mm) | 126th Driest | Driest since: 2020 | 1957 |
| 2nd Wettest | Wettest since: 2011 | 2011 | ||||
|
Feb–Oct 2021 9-Month |
47.12" (1,196.85mm) | 33.16" (842.26mm) |
13.96" (354.59mm) | 126th Driest | Driest since: 2020 | 1957 |
| 2nd Wettest | Wettest since: 2011 | 2011 | ||||
|
Jan–Oct 2021 10-Month |
49.39" (1,254.51mm) | 36.80" (934.72mm) |
12.59" (319.79mm) | 125th Driest | Driest since: 2020 | 1957 |
| 3rd Wettest | Wettest since: 2011 | 2011 | ||||
|
Dec 2020–Oct 2021 11-Month |
55.76" (1,416.30mm) | 40.63" (1,032.00mm) |
15.13" (384.30mm) | 125th Driest | Driest since: 2020 | 1957 |
| 2nd Wettest | Wettest since: 2011 | 2011 | ||||
|
Nov 2020–Oct 2021 12-Month |
59.56" (1,512.82mm) | 44.65" (1,134.11mm) |
14.91" (378.71mm) | 125th Driest | Driest since: 2020 | 1965 |
| 2nd Wettest | Wettest since: 2011 | 2011 | ||||
|
May 2020–Oct 2021 18-Month |
77.57" (1,970.28mm) | 66.71" (1,694.43mm) |
10.86" (275.85mm) | 107th Driest | Driest since: 2020 | 1965 |
| 20th Wettest | Wettest since: 2019 | 2006 | ||||
|
Nov 2019–Oct 2021 24-Month |
102.14" (2,594.36mm) | 89.26" (2,267.20mm) |
12.88" (327.16mm) | 109th Driest | Driest since: 2020 | 1966 |
| 17th Wettest | Wettest since: 2019 | 2009 | ||||
|
Nov 2018–Oct 2021 36-Month |
157.23" (3,993.64mm) | 133.87" (3,400.30mm) |
23.36" (593.34mm) | 117th Driest | Driest since: 2020 | 1966 |
| 8th Wettest | Wettest since: 2011 | 2011 | ||||
|
Nov 2017–Oct 2021 48-Month |
210.00" (5,334.00mm) | 178.50" (4,533.90mm) |
31.50" (800.10mm) | 119th Driest | Driest since: 2020 | 1966 |
| 5th Wettest | Wettest since: 2011 | 2011 | ||||
|
Nov 2016–Oct 2021 60-Month |
258.59" (6,568.19mm) | 223.14" (5,667.76mm) |
35.45" (900.43mm) | 116th Driest | Driest since: 2020 | 1966 |
| 7th Wettest | Wettest since: 2012 | 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/