Climate at a Glance
Statewide Rankings
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Massachusetts
Precipitation Rankings, December 1948
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| Period | Value | 1901-2000 Mean |
Anomaly | Rank (1895-2019) |
Wettest/Driest Since |
Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
December 1948 1-Month |
3.40" (86.36mm) | 3.84" (97.54mm) |
-0.44" (-11.18mm) | 54th Driest | Driest since: 1947 | 1943 |
| 72nd Wettest | Wettest since: 1946 | 1973 | ||||
|
Nov–Dec 1948 2-Month |
9.10" (231.14mm) | 7.85" (199.39mm) |
1.25" (31.75mm) | 88th Driest | Driest since: 1947 | 1917 |
| 38th Wettest | Wettest since: 1945 | 1969 | ||||
| Ties: 1967 | ||||||
|
Oct–Dec 1948 3-Month |
12.69" (322.33mm) | 11.35" (288.29mm) |
1.34" (34.04mm) | 79th Driest | Driest since: 1947 | 1924 |
| 47th Wettest | Wettest since: 1945 | 2005 | ||||
|
Sep–Dec 1948 4-Month |
13.70" (347.98mm) | 15.13" (384.30mm) |
-1.43" (-36.32mm) | 40th Driest | Driest since: 1947 | 1908 |
| 86th Wettest | Wettest since: 1945 | 2005 | ||||
|
Aug–Dec 1948 5-Month |
15.84" (402.34mm) | 19.04" (483.62mm) |
-3.20" (-81.28mm) | 28th Driest | Driest since: 1947 | 2001 |
| 98th Wettest | Wettest since: 1946 | 2011 | ||||
|
Jul–Dec 1948 6-Month |
20.00" (508.00mm) | 22.72" (577.09mm) |
-2.72" (-69.09mm) | 33rd Driest | Driest since: 1943 | 1965 |
| 93rd Wettest | Wettest since: 1947 | 2018 | ||||
|
Jun–Dec 1948 7-Month |
25.14" (638.56mm) | 26.37" (669.80mm) |
-1.23" (-31.24mm) | 51st Driest | Driest since: 1947 | 1949 |
| 75th Wettest | Wettest since: 1945 | 2011 | ||||
|
May–Dec 1948 8-Month |
32.04" (813.82mm) | 29.96" (760.98mm) |
2.08" (52.84mm) | 81st Driest | Driest since: 1947 | 1965 |
| 45th Wettest | Wettest since: 1945 | 2011 | ||||
|
Apr–Dec 1948 9-Month |
35.43" (899.92mm) | 33.86" (860.04mm) |
1.57" (39.88mm) | 78th Driest | Driest since: 1947 | 1965 |
| 48th Wettest | Wettest since: 1945 | 2011 | ||||
|
Mar–Dec 1948 10-Month |
38.96" (989.58mm) | 37.79" (959.87mm) |
1.17" (29.71mm) | 70th Driest | Driest since: 1947 | 1965 |
| 56th Wettest | Wettest since: 1945 | 2011 | ||||
|
Feb–Dec 1948 11-Month |
41.37" (1,050.80mm) | 41.01" (1,041.65mm) |
0.36" (9.15mm) | 64th Driest | Driest since: 1947 | 1965 |
| 62nd Wettest | Wettest since: 1945 | 1972 | ||||
|
Jan–Dec 1948 12-Month |
45.61" (1,158.49mm) | 44.65" (1,134.11mm) |
0.96" (24.38mm) | 69th Driest | Driest since: 1947 | 1965 |
| 57th Wettest | Wettest since: 1945 | 2018 | ||||
|
Jul 1947–Dec 1948 18-Month |
65.81" (1,671.57mm) | 67.35" (1,710.69mm) |
-1.54" (-39.12mm) | 47th Driest | Driest since: 1947 | 1965 |
| 78th Wettest | Wettest since: 1946 | 2019 | ||||
|
Jan 1947–Dec 1948 24-Month |
87.03" (2,210.56mm) | 89.27" (2,267.46mm) |
-2.24" (-56.90mm) | 42nd Driest | Driest since: 1947 | 1965 |
| 83rd Wettest | Wettest since: 1946 | 2019 | ||||
|
Jan 1946–Dec 1948 36-Month |
127.68" (3,243.07mm) | 133.83" (3,399.28mm) |
-6.15" (-156.21mm) | 35th Driest | Driest since: 1944 | 1966 |
| 89th Wettest | Wettest since: 1947 | 2011 | ||||
|
Jan 1945–Dec 1948 48-Month |
178.54" (4,534.92mm) | 178.43" (4,532.12mm) |
0.11" (2.80mm) | 52nd Driest | Driest since: 1947 | 1966 |
| 71st Wettest | Wettest since: 1940 | 2011 | ||||
| Ties: 1995 | ||||||
|
Jan 1944–Dec 1948 60-Month |
219.97" (5,587.24mm) | 223.12" (5,667.25mm) |
-3.15" (-80.01mm) | 44th Driest | Driest since: 1947 | 1966 |
| 78th Wettest | Wettest since: 1940 | 2009 | ||||
Citing This Page
- NOAA National Centers for Environmental information, Climate at a Glance: Statewide Time Series, published September 2020, retrieved on September 18, 2020 from https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cag/