Climate at a Glance
Statewide Rankings
Look up monthly rankings for 1-12, 18, 24, 36, 48, and 60-month time periods using the options below. Data and statistics are as of April 2022. For more information, please see Climatological Rankings.
Massachusetts
Precipitation Rankings, January 1959
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| Period | Value | 1901-2000 Mean |
Anomaly | Rank (1895-2022) |
Wettest/Driest Since |
Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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January 1959 1-Month |
3.10" (78.74mm) | 3.64" (92.46mm) |
-0.54" (-13.72mm) | 51st Driest | Driest since: 1957 | 1955 |
| 78th Wettest | Wettest since: 1958 | 1979 | ||||
| Ties: 1907, 1908 | ||||||
|
Dec 1958–Jan 1959 2-Month |
4.74" (120.40mm) | 7.46" (189.48mm) |
-2.72" (-69.08mm) | 10th Driest | Driest since: 1944 | 1981 |
| 118th Wettest | Wettest since: 1958 | 1979 | ||||
|
Nov 1958–Jan 1959 3-Month |
8.44" (214.38mm) | 11.49" (291.85mm) |
-3.05" (-77.47mm) | 16th Driest | Driest since: 1947 | 1981 |
| 112th Wettest | Wettest since: 1958 | 1978 | ||||
|
Oct 1958–Jan 1959 4-Month |
11.78" (299.21mm) | 15.00" (381.00mm) |
-3.22" (-81.79mm) | 18th Driest | Driest since: 1950 | 2002 |
| 110th Wettest | Wettest since: 1958 | 2006 | ||||
| Ties: 1909 | ||||||
|
Sep 1958–Jan 1959 5-Month |
17.05" (433.07mm) | 18.79" (477.27mm) |
-1.74" (-44.20mm) | 39th Driest | Driest since: 1950 | 2002 |
| 89th Wettest | Wettest since: 1958 | 2006 | ||||
|
Aug 1958–Jan 1959 6-Month |
21.32" (541.53mm) | 22.68" (576.07mm) |
-1.36" (-34.54mm) | 51st Driest | Driest since: 1957 | 1985 |
| 77th Wettest | Wettest since: 1958 | 2019 | ||||
|
Jul 1958–Jan 1959 7-Month |
26.08" (662.43mm) | 26.34" (669.04mm) |
-0.26" (-6.61mm) | 63rd Driest | Driest since: 1957 | 1981 |
| 65th Wettest | Wettest since: 1958 | 2019 | ||||
|
Jun 1958–Jan 1959 8-Month |
28.17" (715.52mm) | 29.96" (760.98mm) |
-1.79" (-45.46mm) | 42nd Driest | Driest since: 1957 | 1965 |
| 86th Wettest | Wettest since: 1958 | 2019 | ||||
|
May 1958–Jan 1959 9-Month |
31.90" (810.26mm) | 33.55" (852.17mm) |
-1.65" (-41.91mm) | 46th Driest | Driest since: 1958 | 1965 |
| 82nd Wettest | Wettest since: 1956 | 2019 | ||||
|
Apr 1958–Jan 1959 10-Month |
38.14" (968.76mm) | 37.41" (950.21mm) |
0.73" (18.55mm) | 70th Driest | Driest since: 1958 | 1966 |
| 58th Wettest | Wettest since: 1956 | 2019 | ||||
|
Mar 1958–Jan 1959 11-Month |
41.63" (1,057.40mm) | 41.36" (1,050.54mm) |
0.27" (6.86mm) | 63rd Driest | Driest since: 1958 | 1966 |
| 65th Wettest | Wettest since: 1956 | 2019 | ||||
|
Feb 1958–Jan 1959 12-Month |
44.76" (1,136.90mm) | 44.61" (1,133.09mm) |
0.15" (3.81mm) | 65th Driest | Driest since: 1958 | 1966 |
| 63rd Wettest | Wettest since: 1956 | 2019 | ||||
|
Aug 1957–Jan 1959 18-Month |
68.97" (1,751.84mm) | 67.22" (1,707.39mm) |
1.75" (44.45mm) | 66th Driest | Driest since: 1958 | 1966 |
| 61st Wettest | Wettest since: 1957 | 2006 | ||||
|
Feb 1957–Jan 1959 24-Month |
83.55" (2,122.17mm) | 89.20" (2,265.68mm) |
-5.65" (-143.51mm) | 34th Driest | Driest since: 1958 | 1966 |
| 93rd Wettest | Wettest since: 1957 | 1974 | ||||
|
Feb 1956–Jan 1959 36-Month |
125.97" (3,199.64mm) | 133.81" (3,398.77mm) |
-7.84" (-199.13mm) | 29th Driest | Driest since: 1951 | 1967 |
| 97th Wettest | Wettest since: 1958 | 2011 | ||||
|
Feb 1955–Jan 1959 48-Month |
181.85" (4,618.99mm) | 178.50" (4,533.90mm) |
3.35" (85.09mm) | 59th Driest | Driest since: 1953 | 1967 |
| 66th Wettest | Wettest since: 1958 | 2012 | ||||
|
Feb 1954–Jan 1959 60-Month |
232.29" (5,900.17mm) | 223.05" (5,665.47mm) |
9.24" (234.70mm) | 75th Driest | Driest since: 1954 | 1967 |
| 49th Wettest | Wettest since: 1958 | 2012 | ||||
Citing This Page
- NOAA National Centers for Environmental information, Climate at a Glance: Statewide Time Series, published May 2022, retrieved on May 27, 2022 from https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cag/