Climate at a Glance
Statewide Rankings
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Massachusetts
Precipitation Rankings, December 1973
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| Period | Value | 1901-2000 Mean |
Anomaly | Rank (1895-2019) |
Wettest/Driest Since |
Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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December 1973 1-Month |
8.60" (218.44mm) | 3.84" (97.54mm) |
4.76" (120.90mm) | 125th Driest | Driest since: 1972 | 1943 |
| 1st Wettest | Wettest to Date | 1973 | ||||
|
Nov–Dec 1973 2-Month |
11.12" (282.45mm) | 7.85" (199.39mm) |
3.27" (83.06mm) | 114th Driest | Driest since: 1971 | 1917 |
| 12th Wettest | Wettest since: 1972 | 1969 | ||||
|
Oct–Dec 1973 3-Month |
14.47" (367.54mm) | 11.35" (288.29mm) |
3.12" (79.25mm) | 101st Driest | Driest since: 1971 | 1924 |
| 25th Wettest | Wettest since: 1972 | 2005 | ||||
|
Sep–Dec 1973 4-Month |
17.72" (450.09mm) | 15.13" (384.30mm) |
2.59" (65.79mm) | 91st Driest | Driest since: 1971 | 1908 |
| 35th Wettest | Wettest since: 1972 | 2005 | ||||
|
Aug–Dec 1973 5-Month |
21.49" (545.85mm) | 19.04" (483.62mm) |
2.45" (62.23mm) | 89th Driest | Driest since: 1971 | 2001 |
| 37th Wettest | Wettest since: 1972 | 2011 | ||||
|
Jul–Dec 1973 6-Month |
25.76" (654.30mm) | 22.72" (577.09mm) |
3.04" (77.21mm) | 89th Driest | Driest since: 1971 | 1965 |
| 37th Wettest | Wettest since: 1972 | 2018 | ||||
|
Jun–Dec 1973 7-Month |
30.76" (781.30mm) | 26.37" (669.80mm) |
4.39" (111.50mm) | 100th Driest | Driest since: 1971 | 1949 |
| 26th Wettest | Wettest since: 1972 | 2011 | ||||
|
May–Dec 1973 8-Month |
35.87" (911.10mm) | 29.96" (760.98mm) |
5.91" (150.12mm) | 105th Driest | Driest since: 1971 | 1965 |
| 21st Wettest | Wettest since: 1972 | 2011 | ||||
|
Apr–Dec 1973 9-Month |
42.24" (1,072.90mm) | 33.86" (860.04mm) |
8.38" (212.86mm) | 110th Driest | Driest since: 1971 | 1965 |
| 16th Wettest | Wettest since: 1972 | 2011 | ||||
|
Mar–Dec 1973 10-Month |
45.43" (1,153.92mm) | 37.79" (959.87mm) |
7.64" (194.05mm) | 108th Driest | Driest since: 1971 | 1965 |
| 18th Wettest | Wettest since: 1972 | 2011 | ||||
|
Feb–Dec 1973 11-Month |
48.29" (1,226.57mm) | 41.01" (1,041.65mm) |
7.28" (184.92mm) | 108th Driest | Driest since: 1971 | 1965 |
| 18th Wettest | Wettest since: 1972 | 1972 | ||||
|
Jan–Dec 1973 12-Month |
52.00" (1,320.80mm) | 44.65" (1,134.11mm) |
7.35" (186.69mm) | 106th Driest | Driest since: 1971 | 1965 |
| 20th Wettest | Wettest since: 1972 | 2018 | ||||
|
Jul 1972–Dec 1973 18-Month |
80.97" (2,056.64mm) | 67.35" (1,710.69mm) |
13.62" (345.95mm) | 115th Driest | Driest since: 1971 | 1965 |
| 10th Wettest | Wettest since: 1972 | 2019 | ||||
|
Jan 1972–Dec 1973 24-Month |
111.49" (2,831.85mm) | 89.27" (2,267.46mm) |
22.22" (564.39mm) | 123rd Driest | Driest since: 1972 | 1965 |
| 2nd Wettest | Wettest to Date | 2019 | ||||
|
Jan 1971–Dec 1973 36-Month |
152.05" (3,862.07mm) | 133.83" (3,399.28mm) |
18.22" (462.79mm) | 108th Driest | Driest since: 1972 | 1966 |
| 16th Wettest | Wettest since: 1955 | 2011 | ||||
|
Jan 1970–Dec 1973 48-Month |
193.59" (4,917.19mm) | 178.43" (4,532.12mm) |
15.16" (385.07mm) | 96th Driest | Driest since: 1972 | 1966 |
| 27th Wettest | Wettest since: 1956 | 2011 | ||||
|
Jan 1969–Dec 1973 60-Month |
242.91" (6,169.91mm) | 223.12" (5,667.25mm) |
19.79" (502.66mm) | 101st Driest | Driest since: 1972 | 1966 |
| 21st Wettest | Wettest since: 1956 | 2009 |
Citing This Page
- NOAA National Centers for Environmental information, Climate at a Glance: Statewide Time Series, published May 2020, retrieved on June 6, 2020 from https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cag/