Climate at a Glance
Statewide Rankings
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Massachusetts
Precipitation Rankings, December 1947
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| Period | Value | 1901-2000 Mean |
Anomaly | Rank (1895-2021) |
Wettest/Driest Since |
Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
December 1947 1-Month |
3.19" (81.03mm) | 3.84" (97.54mm) |
-0.65" (-16.51mm) | 44th Driest | Driest since: 1943 | 1943 |
| 84th Wettest | Wettest since: 1946 | 1973 | ||||
| Ties: 1913 | ||||||
|
Nov–Dec 1947 2-Month |
8.45" (214.63mm) | 7.85" (199.39mm) |
0.60" (15.24mm) | 76th Driest | Driest since: 1946 | 1917 |
| 52nd Wettest | Wettest since: 1945 | 1969 | ||||
|
Oct–Dec 1947 3-Month |
10.36" (263.14mm) | 11.35" (288.29mm) |
-0.99" (-25.15mm) | 47th Driest | Driest since: 1946 | 1924 |
| 81st Wettest | Wettest since: 1945 | 2005 | ||||
| Ties: 1943 | ||||||
|
Sep–Dec 1947 4-Month |
13.52" (343.41mm) | 15.13" (384.30mm) |
-1.61" (-40.89mm) | 38th Driest | Driest since: 1946 | 1908 |
| 90th Wettest | Wettest since: 1945 | 2005 | ||||
|
Aug–Dec 1947 5-Month |
15.66" (397.76mm) | 19.04" (483.62mm) |
-3.38" (-85.86mm) | 25th Driest | Driest since: 1943 | 2001 |
| 103rd Wettest | Wettest since: 1946 | 2011 | ||||
|
Jul–Dec 1947 6-Month |
20.20" (513.08mm) | 22.72" (577.09mm) |
-2.52" (-64.01mm) | 36th Driest | Driest since: 1943 | 1965 |
| 92nd Wettest | Wettest since: 1946 | 2018 | ||||
|
Jun–Dec 1947 7-Month |
23.95" (608.33mm) | 26.37" (669.80mm) |
-2.42" (-61.47mm) | 32nd Driest | Driest since: 1943 | 1949 |
| 96th Wettest | Wettest since: 1946 | 2011 | ||||
|
May–Dec 1947 8-Month |
28.34" (719.84mm) | 29.96" (760.98mm) |
-1.62" (-41.14mm) | 45th Driest | Driest since: 1943 | 1965 |
| 83rd Wettest | Wettest since: 1946 | 2011 | ||||
|
Apr–Dec 1947 9-Month |
32.98" (837.69mm) | 33.86" (860.04mm) |
-0.88" (-22.35mm) | 53rd Driest | Driest since: 1946 | 1965 |
| 75th Wettest | Wettest since: 1945 | 2011 | ||||
|
Mar–Dec 1947 10-Month |
36.23" (920.24mm) | 37.79" (959.87mm) |
-1.56" (-39.63mm) | 49th Driest | Driest since: 1946 | 1965 |
| 79th Wettest | Wettest since: 1945 | 2011 | ||||
|
Feb–Dec 1947 11-Month |
38.25" (971.55mm) | 41.01" (1,041.65mm) |
-2.76" (-70.10mm) | 37th Driest | Driest since: 1946 | 1965 |
| 91st Wettest | Wettest since: 1945 | 1972 | ||||
|
Jan–Dec 1947 12-Month |
41.42" (1,052.07mm) | 44.65" (1,134.11mm) |
-3.23" (-82.04mm) | 32nd Driest | Driest since: 1946 | 1965 |
| 96th Wettest | Wettest since: 1945 | 2018 | ||||
|
Jul 1946–Dec 1947 18-Month |
61.93" (1,573.02mm) | 67.35" (1,710.69mm) |
-5.42" (-137.67mm) | 31st Driest | Driest since: 1944 | 1965 |
| 96th Wettest | Wettest since: 1946 | 2019 | ||||
|
Jan 1946–Dec 1947 24-Month |
82.07" (2,084.58mm) | 89.27" (2,267.46mm) |
-7.20" (-182.88mm) | 26th Driest | Driest since: 1944 | 1965 |
| 101st Wettest | Wettest since: 1946 | 2019 | ||||
|
Jan 1945–Dec 1947 36-Month |
132.93" (3,376.42mm) | 133.83" (3,399.28mm) |
-0.90" (-22.86mm) | 49th Driest | Driest since: 1945 | 1966 |
| 77th Wettest | Wettest since: 1946 | 2011 | ||||
|
Jan 1944–Dec 1947 48-Month |
174.36" (4,428.74mm) | 178.43" (4,532.12mm) |
-4.07" (-103.38mm) | 40th Driest | Driest since: 1946 | 1966 |
| 85th Wettest | Wettest since: 1945 | 2011 | ||||
|
Jan 1943–Dec 1947 60-Month |
213.23" (5,416.04mm) | 223.12" (5,667.25mm) |
-9.89" (-251.21mm) | 31st Driest | Driest since: 1945 | 1966 |
| 93rd Wettest | Wettest since: 1946 | 2009 | ||||
Citing This Page
- NOAA National Centers for Environmental information, Climate at a Glance: Statewide Time Series, published May 2022, retrieved on May 26, 2022 from https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cag/