Climate at a Glance
Statewide Rankings
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Massachusetts
Precipitation Rankings, August 1949
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| Period | Value | 1901-2000 Mean |
Anomaly | Rank (1895-2020) |
Wettest/Driest Since |
Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
August 1949 1-Month |
2.55" (64.77mm) | 3.90" (99.06mm) |
-1.35" (-34.29mm) | 27th Driest | Driest since: 1948 | 1984 |
| 100th Wettest | Wettest since: 1946 | 1955 | ||||
| Ties: 1953 | ||||||
|
Jul–Aug 1949 2-Month |
5.00" (127.00mm) | 7.58" (192.53mm) |
-2.58" (-65.53mm) | 8th Driest | Driest since: 1944 | 1968 |
| 119th Wettest | Wettest since: 1948 | 1955 | ||||
|
Jun–Aug 1949 3-Month |
5.85" (148.59mm) | 11.24" (285.50mm) |
-5.39" (-136.91mm) | 1st Driest | Driest to Date | 1949 |
| 126th Wettest | Wettest since: 1948 | 1938 | ||||
|
May–Aug 1949 4-Month |
9.88" (250.95mm) | 14.83" (376.68mm) |
-4.95" (-125.73mm) | 5th Driest | Driest to Date | 1964 |
| 122nd Wettest | Wettest since: 1948 | 2006 | ||||
|
Apr–Aug 1949 5-Month |
13.88" (352.55mm) | 18.73" (475.74mm) |
-4.85" (-123.19mm) | 14th Driest | Driest since: 1907 | 1965 |
| 113th Wettest | Wettest since: 1948 | 2006 | ||||
|
Mar–Aug 1949 6-Month |
16.35" (415.29mm) | 22.66" (575.56mm) |
-6.31" (-160.27mm) | 9th Driest | Driest since: 1910 | 1965 |
| 118th Wettest | Wettest since: 1948 | 1901 | ||||
|
Feb–Aug 1949 7-Month |
19.60" (497.84mm) | 25.87" (657.10mm) |
-6.27" (-159.26mm) | 7th Driest | Driest since: 1907 | 1957 |
| 120th Wettest | Wettest since: 1948 | 1984 | ||||
|
Jan–Aug 1949 8-Month |
23.91" (607.31mm) | 29.51" (749.55mm) |
-5.60" (-142.24mm) | 12th Driest | Driest since: 1944 | 1957 |
| 115th Wettest | Wettest since: 1948 | 1979 | ||||
|
Dec 1948–Aug 1949 9-Month |
27.31" (693.67mm) | 33.34" (846.84mm) |
-6.03" (-153.17mm) | 14th Driest | Driest since: 1944 | 1965 |
| 112th Wettest | Wettest since: 1948 | 1984 | ||||
|
Nov 1948–Aug 1949 10-Month |
33.01" (838.45mm) | 37.36" (948.94mm) |
-4.35" (-110.49mm) | 29th Driest | Driest since: 1947 | 1965 |
| 97th Wettest | Wettest since: 1948 | 1984 | ||||
|
Oct 1948–Aug 1949 11-Month |
36.60" (929.64mm) | 40.88" (1,038.35mm) |
-4.28" (-108.71mm) | 30th Driest | Driest since: 1947 | 1965 |
| 96th Wettest | Wettest since: 1948 | 2006 | ||||
|
Sep 1948–Aug 1949 12-Month |
37.61" (955.29mm) | 44.66" (1,134.36mm) |
-7.05" (-179.07mm) | 17th Driest | Driest since: 1944 | 1965 |
| 109th Wettest | Wettest since: 1948 | 2006 | ||||
|
Mar 1948–Aug 1949 18-Month |
62.87" (1,596.90mm) | 67.23" (1,707.64mm) |
-4.36" (-110.74mm) | 33rd Driest | Driest since: 1947 | 1966 |
| 93rd Wettest | Wettest since: 1948 | 1984 | ||||
|
Sep 1947–Aug 1949 24-Month |
83.04" (2,109.22mm) | 89.21" (2,265.93mm) |
-6.17" (-156.71mm) | 29th Driest | Driest since: 1944 | 1966 |
| 96th Wettest | Wettest since: 1948 | 2006 | ||||
|
Sep 1946–Aug 1949 36-Month |
120.81" (3,068.57mm) | 133.85" (3,399.79mm) |
-13.04" (-331.22mm) | 15th Driest | Driest since: 1944 | 1966 |
| 109th Wettest | Wettest since: 1948 | 2008 | ||||
|
Sep 1945–Aug 1949 48-Month |
168.49" (4,279.65mm) | 178.47" (4,533.14mm) |
-9.98" (-253.49mm) | 28th Driest | Driest since: 1944 | 1966 |
| 95th Wettest | Wettest since: 1948 | 2009 | ||||
|
Sep 1944–Aug 1949 60-Month |
220.23" (5,593.84mm) | 223.07" (5,665.98mm) |
-2.84" (-72.14mm) | 45th Driest | Driest since: 1948 | 1966 |
| 77th Wettest | Wettest since: 1941 | 2009 | ||||
Citing This Page
- NOAA National Centers for Environmental information, Climate at a Glance: Statewide Time Series, published April 2021, retrieved on April 14, 2021 from https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cag/