Climate at a Glance
Statewide Rankings
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Massachusetts
Precipitation Rankings, August 1948
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| Period | Value | 1901-2000 Mean |
Anomaly | Rank (1895-2020) |
Wettest/Driest Since |
Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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August 1948 1-Month |
2.14" (54.36mm) | 3.90" (99.06mm) |
-1.76" (-44.70mm) | 15th Driest | Driest since: 1947 | 1984 |
| 112th Wettest | Wettest since: 1947 | 1955 | ||||
| Ties: 1947 | ||||||
|
Jul–Aug 1948 2-Month |
6.30" (160.02mm) | 7.58" (192.53mm) |
-1.28" (-32.51mm) | 39th Driest | Driest since: 1944 | 1968 |
| 88th Wettest | Wettest since: 1947 | 1955 | ||||
|
Jun–Aug 1948 3-Month |
11.44" (290.58mm) | 11.24" (285.50mm) |
0.20" (5.08mm) | 69th Driest | Driest since: 1947 | 1949 |
| 58th Wettest | Wettest since: 1946 | 1938 | ||||
|
May–Aug 1948 4-Month |
18.34" (465.84mm) | 14.83" (376.68mm) |
3.51" (89.16mm) | 102nd Driest | Driest since: 1947 | 1964 |
| 25th Wettest | Wettest since: 1946 | 2006 | ||||
|
Apr–Aug 1948 5-Month |
21.73" (551.94mm) | 18.73" (475.74mm) |
3.00" (76.20mm) | 94th Driest | Driest since: 1947 | 1965 |
| 33rd Wettest | Wettest since: 1946 | 2006 | ||||
|
Mar–Aug 1948 6-Month |
25.26" (641.60mm) | 22.66" (575.56mm) |
2.60" (66.04mm) | 88th Driest | Driest since: 1947 | 1965 |
| 39th Wettest | Wettest since: 1945 | 1901 | ||||
|
Feb–Aug 1948 7-Month |
27.67" (702.82mm) | 25.87" (657.10mm) |
1.80" (45.72mm) | 80th Driest | Driest since: 1947 | 1957 |
| 47th Wettest | Wettest since: 1945 | 1984 | ||||
| Ties: 1959 | ||||||
|
Jan–Aug 1948 8-Month |
31.91" (810.51mm) | 29.51" (749.55mm) |
2.40" (60.96mm) | 84th Driest | Driest since: 1947 | 1957 |
| 43rd Wettest | Wettest since: 1945 | 1979 | ||||
|
Dec 1947–Aug 1948 9-Month |
35.10" (891.54mm) | 33.34" (846.84mm) |
1.76" (44.70mm) | 73rd Driest | Driest since: 1947 | 1965 |
| 53rd Wettest | Wettest since: 1946 | 1984 | ||||
|
Nov 1947–Aug 1948 10-Month |
40.36" (1,025.14mm) | 37.36" (948.94mm) |
3.00" (76.20mm) | 85th Driest | Driest since: 1947 | 1965 |
| 41st Wettest | Wettest since: 1946 | 1984 | ||||
|
Oct 1947–Aug 1948 11-Month |
42.27" (1,073.66mm) | 40.88" (1,038.35mm) |
1.39" (35.31mm) | 65th Driest | Driest since: 1947 | 1965 |
| 61st Wettest | Wettest since: 1946 | 2006 | ||||
|
Sep 1947–Aug 1948 12-Month |
45.43" (1,153.92mm) | 44.66" (1,134.36mm) |
0.77" (19.56mm) | 59th Driest | Driest since: 1947 | 1965 |
| 67th Wettest | Wettest since: 1946 | 2006 | ||||
|
Mar 1947–Aug 1948 18-Month |
68.14" (1,730.76mm) | 67.23" (1,707.64mm) |
0.91" (23.12mm) | 60th Driest | Driest since: 1947 | 1966 |
| 66th Wettest | Wettest since: 1946 | 1984 | ||||
|
Sep 1946–Aug 1948 24-Month |
83.20" (2,113.28mm) | 89.21" (2,265.93mm) |
-6.01" (-152.65mm) | 30th Driest | Driest since: 1944 | 1966 |
| 95th Wettest | Wettest since: 1947 | 2006 | ||||
|
Sep 1945–Aug 1948 36-Month |
130.88" (3,324.35mm) | 133.85" (3,399.79mm) |
-2.97" (-75.44mm) | 43rd Driest | Driest since: 1944 | 1966 |
| 81st Wettest | Wettest since: 1947 | 2008 | ||||
|
Sep 1944–Aug 1948 48-Month |
182.62" (4,638.55mm) | 178.47" (4,533.14mm) |
4.15" (105.41mm) | 62nd Driest | Driest since: 1947 | 1966 |
| 61st Wettest | Wettest since: 1940 | 2009 | ||||
|
Sep 1943–Aug 1948 60-Month |
218.15" (5,541.01mm) | 223.07" (5,665.98mm) |
-4.92" (-124.97mm) | 40th Driest | Driest since: 1947 | 1966 |
| 82nd Wettest | Wettest since: 1946 | 2009 | ||||
Citing This Page
- NOAA National Centers for Environmental information, Climate at a Glance: Statewide Time Series, published February 2021, retrieved on March 3, 2021 from https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cag/