Climate at a Glance
Statewide Rankings
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Massachusetts
Precipitation Rankings, August 1898
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| Period | Value | 1901-2000 Mean |
Anomaly | Rank (1895-2020) |
Wettest/Driest Since |
Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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August 1898 1-Month |
6.87" (174.50mm) | 3.90" (99.06mm) |
2.97" (75.44mm) | 119th Driest | Driest since: 1897 | 1984 |
| 8th Wettest | Wettest to Date | 1955 | ||||
|
Jul–Aug 1898 2-Month |
11.06" (280.92mm) | 7.58" (192.53mm) |
3.48" (88.39mm) | 119th Driest | Driest since: 1896 | 1968 |
| 8th Wettest | Wettest since: 1897 | 1955 | ||||
|
Jun–Aug 1898 3-Month |
13.85" (351.79mm) | 11.24" (285.50mm) |
2.61" (66.29mm) | 97th Driest | Driest since: 1896 | 1949 |
| 30th Wettest | Wettest since: 1897 | 1938 | ||||
|
May–Aug 1898 4-Month |
18.36" (466.34mm) | 14.83" (376.68mm) |
3.53" (89.66mm) | 103rd Driest | Driest since: 1896 | 1964 |
| 24th Wettest | Wettest since: 1897 | 2006 | ||||
|
Apr–Aug 1898 5-Month |
23.17" (588.52mm) | 18.73" (475.74mm) |
4.44" (112.78mm) | 106th Driest | Driest since: 1896 | 1965 |
| 21st Wettest | Wettest since: 1897 | 2006 | ||||
|
Mar–Aug 1898 6-Month |
25.29" (642.37mm) | 22.66" (575.56mm) |
2.63" (66.81mm) | 89th Driest | Driest since: 1896 | 1965 |
| 38th Wettest | Wettest since: 1897 | 1901 | ||||
|
Feb–Aug 1898 7-Month |
29.80" (756.92mm) | 25.87" (657.10mm) |
3.93" (99.82mm) | 99th Driest | Driest since: 1896 | 1957 |
| 28th Wettest | Wettest since: 1897 | 1984 | ||||
|
Jan–Aug 1898 8-Month |
34.88" (885.95mm) | 29.51" (749.55mm) |
5.37" (136.40mm) | 109th Driest | Driest since: 1897 | 1957 |
| 18th Wettest | Wettest to Date | 1979 | ||||
|
Dec 1897–Aug 1898 9-Month |
40.28" (1,023.11mm) | 33.34" (846.84mm) |
6.94" (176.27mm) | 114th Driest | Driest since: 1897 | 1965 |
| 12th Wettest | Wettest to Date | 1984 | ||||
|
Nov 1897–Aug 1898 10-Month |
47.01" (1,194.05mm) | 37.36" (948.94mm) |
9.65" (245.11mm) | 122nd Driest | Driest since: 1897 | 1965 |
| 4th Wettest | Wettest to Date | 1984 | ||||
|
Oct 1897–Aug 1898 11-Month |
47.96" (1,218.18mm) | 40.88" (1,038.35mm) |
7.08" (179.83mm) | 107th Driest | Driest since: 1897 | 1965 |
| 19th Wettest | Wettest to Date | 2006 | ||||
|
Sep 1897–Aug 1898 12-Month |
50.09" (1,272.29mm) | 44.66" (1,134.36mm) |
5.43" (137.93mm) | 94th Driest | Driest since: 1896 | 1965 |
| 32nd Wettest | Wettest since: 1897 | 2006 | ||||
|
Mar 1897–Aug 1898 18-Month |
78.33" (1,989.58mm) | 67.23" (1,707.64mm) |
11.10" (281.94mm) | 114th Driest | Driest since: 1897 | 1966 |
| 12th Wettest | Wettest to Date | 1984 | ||||
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Sep 1896–Aug 1898 24-Month |
100.56" (2,554.22mm) | 89.21" (2,265.93mm) |
11.35" (288.29mm) | 104th Driest | Driest since: 1897 | 1966 |
| 21st Wettest | Wettest to Date | 2006 | ||||
|
Sep 1895–Aug 1898 36-Month |
144.92" (3,680.97mm) | 133.85" (3,399.79mm) |
11.07" (281.18mm) | 91st Driest | Driest to Date | 1966 |
| 33rd Wettest | Wettest to Date | 2008 |
Citing This Page
- NOAA National Centers for Environmental information, Climate at a Glance: Statewide Time Series, published May 2021, retrieved on May 11, 2021 from https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cag/