Climate at a Glance
Statewide Rankings
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Massachusetts
Precipitation Rankings, September 1973
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| Period | Value | 1901-2000 Mean |
Anomaly | Rank (1895-2020) |
Wettest/Driest Since |
Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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September 1973 1-Month |
3.25" (82.55mm) | 3.79" (96.27mm) |
-0.54" (-13.72mm) | 62nd Driest | Driest since: 1971 | 1914 |
| 65th Wettest | Wettest since: 1972 | 1938 | ||||
|
Aug–Sep 1973 2-Month |
7.02" (178.31mm) | 7.69" (195.33mm) |
-0.67" (-17.02mm) | 63rd Driest | Driest since: 1972 | 1984 |
| 64th Wettest | Wettest since: 1971 | 2011 | ||||
|
Jul–Sep 1973 3-Month |
11.29" (286.77mm) | 11.37" (288.80mm) |
-0.08" (-2.03mm) | 68th Driest | Driest since: 1972 | 1968 |
| 59th Wettest | Wettest since: 1969 | 1938 | ||||
|
Jun–Sep 1973 4-Month |
16.29" (413.77mm) | 15.02" (381.51mm) |
1.27" (32.26mm) | 80th Driest | Driest since: 1971 | 1957 |
| 47th Wettest | Wettest since: 1972 | 1938 | ||||
| Ties: 1994, 1999 | ||||||
|
May–Sep 1973 5-Month |
21.40" (543.56mm) | 18.61" (472.69mm) |
2.79" (70.87mm) | 92nd Driest | Driest since: 1971 | 1964 |
| 35th Wettest | Wettest since: 1972 | 1938 | ||||
|
Apr–Sep 1973 6-Month |
27.77" (705.36mm) | 22.51" (571.75mm) |
5.26" (133.61mm) | 109th Driest | Driest since: 1971 | 1964 |
| 18th Wettest | Wettest since: 1972 | 1938 | ||||
|
Mar–Sep 1973 7-Month |
30.96" (786.38mm) | 26.45" (671.83mm) |
4.51" (114.55mm) | 102nd Driest | Driest since: 1971 | 1965 |
| 25th Wettest | Wettest since: 1972 | 1938 | ||||
|
Feb–Sep 1973 8-Month |
33.82" (859.03mm) | 29.66" (753.36mm) |
4.16" (105.67mm) | 102nd Driest | Driest since: 1971 | 1957 |
| 25th Wettest | Wettest since: 1972 | 2008 | ||||
|
Jan–Sep 1973 9-Month |
37.53" (953.26mm) | 33.30" (845.82mm) |
4.23" (107.44mm) | 98th Driest | Driest since: 1971 | 1957 |
| 29th Wettest | Wettest since: 1972 | 2008 | ||||
|
Dec 1972–Sep 1973 10-Month |
44.32" (1,125.73mm) | 37.13" (943.10mm) |
7.19" (182.63mm) | 114th Driest | Driest since: 1971 | 1957 |
| 12th Wettest | Wettest since: 1972 | 2008 | ||||
|
Nov 1972–Sep 1973 11-Month |
51.92" (1,318.77mm) | 41.15" (1,045.21mm) |
10.77" (273.56mm) | 121st Driest | Driest since: 1972 | 1965 |
| 5th Wettest | Wettest since: 1938 | 2008 | ||||
|
Oct 1972–Sep 1973 12-Month |
55.64" (1,413.26mm) | 44.66" (1,134.36mm) |
10.98" (278.90mm) | 119th Driest | Driest since: 1972 | 1965 |
| 7th Wettest | Wettest since: 1938 | 2006 | ||||
|
Apr 1972–Sep 1973 18-Month |
84.06" (2,135.12mm) | 67.07" (1,703.58mm) |
16.99" (431.54mm) | 123rd Driest | Driest since: 1972 | 1965 |
| 3rd Wettest | Wettest since: 1938 | 2006 | ||||
|
Oct 1971–Sep 1973 24-Month |
108.52" (2,756.41mm) | 89.25" (2,266.95mm) |
19.27" (489.46mm) | 121st Driest | Driest since: 1972 | 1966 |
| 4th Wettest | Wettest to Date | 2007 | ||||
| Ties: 2019 | ||||||
|
Oct 1970–Sep 1973 36-Month |
149.04" (3,785.62mm) | 133.88" (3,400.55mm) |
15.16" (385.07mm) | 102nd Driest | Driest since: 1972 | 1966 |
| 22nd Wettest | Wettest since: 1956 | 2008 | ||||
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Oct 1969–Sep 1973 48-Month |
196.49" (4,990.85mm) | 178.50" (4,533.90mm) |
17.99" (456.95mm) | 102nd Driest | Driest since: 1972 | 1966 |
| 21st Wettest | Wettest since: 1956 | 2009 | ||||
|
Oct 1968–Sep 1973 60-Month |
243.12" (6,175.25mm) | 223.10" (5,666.74mm) |
20.02" (508.51mm) | 101st Driest | Driest since: 1972 | 1966 |
| 21st Wettest | Wettest since: 1956 | 2010 | ||||
Citing This Page
- NOAA National Centers for Environmental information, Climate at a Glance: Statewide Time Series, published January 2021, retrieved on January 20, 2021 from https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cag/