Climate at a Glance
Statewide Rankings
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Massachusetts
Precipitation Rankings, August 1942
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| Period | Value | 1901-2000 Mean |
Anomaly | Rank (1895-2019) |
Wettest/Driest Since |
Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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August 1942 1-Month |
3.18" (80.77mm) | 3.90" (99.06mm) |
-0.72" (-18.29mm) | 48th Driest | Driest since: 1941 | 1984 |
| 78th Wettest | Wettest since: 1939 | 1955 | ||||
| Ties: 2016 | ||||||
|
Jul–Aug 1942 2-Month |
8.52" (216.41mm) | 7.58" (192.53mm) |
0.94" (23.88mm) | 88th Driest | Driest since: 1941 | 1968 |
| 38th Wettest | Wettest since: 1938 | 1955 | ||||
|
Jun–Aug 1942 3-Month |
12.35" (313.69mm) | 11.24" (285.50mm) |
1.11" (28.19mm) | 83rd Driest | Driest since: 1941 | 1949 |
| 43rd Wettest | Wettest since: 1938 | 1938 | ||||
|
May–Aug 1942 4-Month |
15.42" (391.67mm) | 14.83" (376.68mm) |
0.59" (14.99mm) | 66th Driest | Driest since: 1941 | 1964 |
| 60th Wettest | Wettest since: 1938 | 2006 | ||||
|
Apr–Aug 1942 5-Month |
16.76" (425.70mm) | 18.73" (475.74mm) |
-1.97" (-50.04mm) | 40th Driest | Driest since: 1941 | 1965 |
| 86th Wettest | Wettest since: 1940 | 2006 | ||||
|
Mar–Aug 1942 6-Month |
23.71" (602.23mm) | 22.66" (575.56mm) |
1.05" (26.67mm) | 70th Driest | Driest since: 1941 | 1965 |
| 56th Wettest | Wettest since: 1938 | 1901 | ||||
|
Feb–Aug 1942 7-Month |
26.43" (671.32mm) | 25.87" (657.10mm) |
0.56" (14.22mm) | 65th Driest | Driest since: 1941 | 1957 |
| 61st Wettest | Wettest since: 1940 | 1984 | ||||
|
Jan–Aug 1942 8-Month |
29.90" (759.46mm) | 29.51" (749.55mm) |
0.39" (9.91mm) | 63rd Driest | Driest since: 1941 | 1957 |
| 63rd Wettest | Wettest since: 1940 | 1979 | ||||
|
Dec 1941–Aug 1942 9-Month |
33.45" (849.63mm) | 33.34" (846.84mm) |
0.11" (2.79mm) | 58th Driest | Driest since: 1941 | 1965 |
| 67th Wettest | Wettest since: 1938 | 1984 | ||||
|
Nov 1941–Aug 1942 10-Month |
36.32" (922.53mm) | 37.36" (948.94mm) |
-1.04" (-26.41mm) | 52nd Driest | Driest since: 1941 | 1965 |
| 73rd Wettest | Wettest since: 1938 | 1984 | ||||
|
Oct 1941–Aug 1942 11-Month |
38.67" (982.22mm) | 40.88" (1,038.35mm) |
-2.21" (-56.13mm) | 41st Driest | Driest since: 1941 | 1965 |
| 84th Wettest | Wettest since: 1940 | 2006 | ||||
|
Sep 1941–Aug 1942 12-Month |
39.86" (1,012.44mm) | 44.66" (1,134.36mm) |
-4.80" (-121.92mm) | 29th Driest | Driest since: 1941 | 1965 |
| 96th Wettest | Wettest since: 1940 | 2006 | ||||
|
Mar 1941–Aug 1942 18-Month |
57.80" (1,468.12mm) | 67.23" (1,707.64mm) |
-9.43" (-239.52mm) | 10th Driest | Driest since: 1930 | 1966 |
| 115th Wettest | Wettest since: 1941 | 1984 | ||||
|
Sep 1940–Aug 1942 24-Month |
76.64" (1,946.66mm) | 89.21" (2,265.93mm) |
-12.57" (-319.27mm) | 9th Driest | Driest since: 1930 | 1966 |
| 115th Wettest | Wettest since: 1941 | 2006 | ||||
|
Sep 1939–Aug 1942 36-Month |
117.97" (2,996.44mm) | 133.85" (3,399.79mm) |
-15.88" (-403.35mm) | 8th Driest | Driest since: 1932 | 1966 |
| 115th Wettest | Wettest since: 1941 | 2008 | ||||
|
Sep 1938–Aug 1942 48-Month |
163.71" (4,158.23mm) | 178.47" (4,533.14mm) |
-14.76" (-374.91mm) | 16th Driest | Driest since: 1932 | 1966 |
| 106th Wettest | Wettest since: 1941 | 2009 | ||||
|
Sep 1937–Aug 1942 60-Month |
217.60" (5,527.04mm) | 223.07" (5,665.98mm) |
-5.47" (-138.94mm) | 37th Driest | Driest since: 1934 | 1966 |
| 84th Wettest | Wettest since: 1941 | 2009 | ||||
Citing This Page
- NOAA National Centers for Environmental information, Climate at a Glance: Statewide Time Series, published December 2019, retrieved on December 14, 2019 from https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cag/