Climate at a Glance
Statewide Rankings
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Massachusetts
Precipitation Rankings, August 1947
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| Period | Value | 1901-2000 Mean |
Anomaly | Rank (1895-2019) |
Wettest/Driest Since |
Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
August 1947 1-Month |
2.14" (54.36mm) | 3.90" (99.06mm) |
-1.76" (-44.70mm) | 15th Driest | Driest since: 1944 | 1984 |
| 111th Wettest | Wettest since: 1946 | 1955 | ||||
| Ties: 1948 | ||||||
|
Jul–Aug 1947 2-Month |
6.68" (169.67mm) | 7.58" (192.53mm) |
-0.90" (-22.86mm) | 49th Driest | Driest since: 1944 | 1968 |
| 77th Wettest | Wettest since: 1946 | 1955 | ||||
| Ties: 1984 | ||||||
|
Jun–Aug 1947 3-Month |
10.43" (264.92mm) | 11.24" (285.50mm) |
-0.81" (-20.58mm) | 52nd Driest | Driest since: 1944 | 1949 |
| 74th Wettest | Wettest since: 1946 | 1938 | ||||
|
May–Aug 1947 4-Month |
14.82" (376.43mm) | 14.83" (376.68mm) |
-0.01" (-0.25mm) | 60th Driest | Driest since: 1944 | 1964 |
| 66th Wettest | Wettest since: 1946 | 2006 | ||||
|
Apr–Aug 1947 5-Month |
19.46" (494.28mm) | 18.73" (475.74mm) |
0.73" (18.54mm) | 69th Driest | Driest since: 1944 | 1965 |
| 57th Wettest | Wettest since: 1946 | 2006 | ||||
|
Mar–Aug 1947 6-Month |
22.71" (576.83mm) | 22.66" (575.56mm) |
0.05" (1.27mm) | 56th Driest | Driest since: 1944 | 1965 |
| 70th Wettest | Wettest since: 1946 | 1901 | ||||
|
Feb–Aug 1947 7-Month |
24.73" (628.14mm) | 25.87" (657.10mm) |
-1.14" (-28.96mm) | 46th Driest | Driest since: 1944 | 1957 |
| 80th Wettest | Wettest since: 1946 | 1984 | ||||
|
Jan–Aug 1947 8-Month |
27.90" (708.66mm) | 29.51" (749.55mm) |
-1.61" (-40.89mm) | 44th Driest | Driest since: 1944 | 1957 |
| 82nd Wettest | Wettest since: 1946 | 1979 | ||||
|
Dec 1946–Aug 1947 9-Month |
31.53" (800.86mm) | 33.34" (846.84mm) |
-1.81" (-45.98mm) | 40th Driest | Driest since: 1944 | 1965 |
| 85th Wettest | Wettest since: 1946 | 1984 | ||||
|
Nov 1946–Aug 1947 10-Month |
32.68" (830.07mm) | 37.36" (948.94mm) |
-4.68" (-118.87mm) | 27th Driest | Driest since: 1944 | 1965 |
| 98th Wettest | Wettest since: 1946 | 1984 | ||||
|
Oct 1946–Aug 1947 11-Month |
33.99" (863.35mm) | 40.88" (1,038.35mm) |
-6.89" (-175.00mm) | 15th Driest | Driest since: 1941 | 1965 |
| 110th Wettest | Wettest since: 1946 | 2006 | ||||
|
Sep 1946–Aug 1947 12-Month |
37.77" (959.36mm) | 44.66" (1,134.36mm) |
-6.89" (-175.00mm) | 19th Driest | Driest since: 1944 | 1965 |
| 106th Wettest | Wettest since: 1946 | 2006 | ||||
|
Mar 1946–Aug 1947 18-Month |
62.10" (1,577.34mm) | 67.23" (1,707.64mm) |
-5.13" (-130.30mm) | 26th Driest | Driest since: 1944 | 1966 |
| 99th Wettest | Wettest since: 1946 | 1984 | ||||
|
Sep 1945–Aug 1947 24-Month |
85.45" (2,170.43mm) | 89.21" (2,265.93mm) |
-3.76" (-95.50mm) | 42nd Driest | Driest since: 1944 | 1966 |
| 82nd Wettest | Wettest since: 1946 | 2006 | ||||
|
Sep 1944–Aug 1947 36-Month |
137.19" (3,484.63mm) | 133.85" (3,399.79mm) |
3.34" (84.84mm) | 65th Driest | Driest since: 1946 | 1966 |
| 58th Wettest | Wettest since: 1940 | 2008 | ||||
| Ties: 1957 | ||||||
|
Sep 1943–Aug 1947 48-Month |
172.72" (4,387.09mm) | 178.47" (4,533.14mm) |
-5.75" (-146.05mm) | 36th Driest | Driest since: 1945 | 1966 |
| 86th Wettest | Wettest since: 1946 | 2009 | ||||
|
Sep 1942–Aug 1947 60-Month |
217.18" (5,516.37mm) | 223.07" (5,665.98mm) |
-5.89" (-149.61mm) | 36th Driest | Driest since: 1945 | 1966 |
| 85th Wettest | Wettest since: 1946 | 2009 | ||||
Citing This Page
- NOAA National Centers for Environmental information, Climate at a Glance: Statewide Time Series, published November 2019, retrieved on November 17, 2019 from https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cag/