Climate at a Glance
Statewide Rankings
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Massachusetts
Precipitation Rankings, August 1946
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| Period | Value | 1901-2000 Mean |
Anomaly | Rank (1895-2020) |
Wettest/Driest Since |
Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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August 1946 1-Month |
7.37" (187.20mm) | 3.90" (99.06mm) |
3.47" (88.14mm) | 123rd Driest | Driest since: 1945 | 1984 |
| 4th Wettest | Wettest since: 1927 | 1955 | ||||
| Ties: 1990 | ||||||
|
Jul–Aug 1946 2-Month |
10.64" (270.26mm) | 7.58" (192.53mm) |
3.06" (77.73mm) | 113th Driest | Driest since: 1945 | 1968 |
| 14th Wettest | Wettest since: 1938 | 1955 | ||||
|
Jun–Aug 1946 3-Month |
14.40" (365.76mm) | 11.24" (285.50mm) |
3.16" (80.26mm) | 102nd Driest | Driest since: 1944 | 1949 |
| 25th Wettest | Wettest since: 1945 | 1938 | ||||
|
May–Aug 1946 4-Month |
20.09" (510.29mm) | 14.83" (376.68mm) |
5.26" (133.61mm) | 117th Driest | Driest since: 1945 | 1964 |
| 10th Wettest | Wettest since: 1938 | 2006 | ||||
|
Apr–Aug 1946 5-Month |
22.70" (576.58mm) | 18.73" (475.74mm) |
3.97" (100.84mm) | 101st Driest | Driest since: 1944 | 1965 |
| 26th Wettest | Wettest since: 1945 | 2006 | ||||
|
Mar–Aug 1946 6-Month |
24.33" (617.98mm) | 22.66" (575.56mm) |
1.67" (42.42mm) | 76th Driest | Driest since: 1944 | 1965 |
| 51st Wettest | Wettest since: 1945 | 1901 | ||||
|
Feb–Aug 1946 7-Month |
27.52" (699.01mm) | 25.87" (657.10mm) |
1.65" (41.91mm) | 75th Driest | Driest since: 1944 | 1957 |
| 52nd Wettest | Wettest since: 1945 | 1984 | ||||
| Ties: 1960 | ||||||
|
Jan–Aug 1946 8-Month |
30.78" (781.81mm) | 29.51" (749.55mm) |
1.27" (32.26mm) | 71st Driest | Driest since: 1944 | 1957 |
| 56th Wettest | Wettest since: 1945 | 1979 | ||||
|
Dec 1945–Aug 1946 9-Month |
36.29" (921.77mm) | 33.34" (846.84mm) |
2.95" (74.93mm) | 86th Driest | Driest since: 1944 | 1965 |
| 40th Wettest | Wettest since: 1945 | 1984 | ||||
|
Nov 1945–Aug 1946 10-Month |
42.56" (1,081.02mm) | 37.36" (948.94mm) |
5.20" (132.08mm) | 99th Driest | Driest since: 1944 | 1965 |
| 27th Wettest | Wettest since: 1945 | 1984 | ||||
|
Oct 1945–Aug 1946 11-Month |
45.42" (1,153.67mm) | 40.88" (1,038.35mm) |
4.54" (115.32mm) | 92nd Driest | Driest since: 1945 | 1965 |
| 34th Wettest | Wettest since: 1938 | 2006 | ||||
|
Sep 1945–Aug 1946 12-Month |
47.68" (1,211.07mm) | 44.66" (1,134.36mm) |
3.02" (76.71mm) | 78th Driest | Driest since: 1944 | 1965 |
| 48th Wettest | Wettest since: 1945 | 2006 | ||||
|
Mar 1945–Aug 1946 18-Month |
74.07" (1,881.38mm) | 67.23" (1,707.64mm) |
6.84" (173.74mm) | 95th Driest | Driest since: 1945 | 1966 |
| 31st Wettest | Wettest since: 1939 | 1984 | ||||
|
Sep 1944–Aug 1946 24-Month |
99.42" (2,525.27mm) | 89.21" (2,265.93mm) |
10.21" (259.34mm) | 99th Driest | Driest since: 1945 | 1966 |
| 26th Wettest | Wettest since: 1939 | 2006 | ||||
|
Sep 1943–Aug 1946 36-Month |
134.95" (3,427.73mm) | 133.85" (3,399.79mm) |
1.10" (27.94mm) | 57th Driest | Driest since: 1945 | 1966 |
| 67th Wettest | Wettest since: 1940 | 2008 | ||||
|
Sep 1942–Aug 1946 48-Month |
179.41" (4,557.01mm) | 178.47" (4,533.14mm) |
0.94" (23.87mm) | 59th Driest | Driest since: 1945 | 1966 |
| 64th Wettest | Wettest since: 1940 | 2009 | ||||
|
Sep 1941–Aug 1946 60-Month |
219.27" (5,569.46mm) | 223.07" (5,665.98mm) |
-3.80" (-96.52mm) | 42nd Driest | Driest since: 1945 | 1966 |
| 80th Wettest | Wettest since: 1941 | 2009 | ||||
Citing This Page
- NOAA National Centers for Environmental information, Climate at a Glance: Statewide Time Series, published February 2021, retrieved on February 27, 2021 from https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cag/