Climate at a Glance
Statewide Rankings
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Massachusetts
Precipitation Rankings, January 1981
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| Period | Value | 1901-2000 Mean |
Anomaly | Rank (1895-2020) |
Wettest/Driest Since |
Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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January 1981 1-Month |
0.91" (23.11mm) | 3.64" (92.46mm) |
-2.73" (-69.35mm) | 2nd Driest | Driest since: 1955 | 1955 |
| 125th Wettest | Wettest since: 1980 | 1979 | ||||
|
Dec 1980–Jan 1981 2-Month |
2.24" (56.90mm) | 7.46" (189.48mm) |
-5.22" (-132.58mm) | 1st Driest | Driest to Date | 1981 |
| 125th Wettest | Wettest since: 1980 | 1979 | ||||
|
Nov 1980–Jan 1981 3-Month |
5.97" (151.64mm) | 11.49" (291.85mm) |
-5.52" (-140.21mm) | 1st Driest | Driest to Date | 1981 |
| 125th Wettest | Wettest since: 1980 | 1978 | ||||
|
Oct 1980–Jan 1981 4-Month |
10.08" (256.03mm) | 15.00" (381.00mm) |
-4.92" (-124.97mm) | 5th Driest | Driest since: 1947 | 2002 |
| 121st Wettest | Wettest since: 1980 | 2006 | ||||
|
Sep 1980–Jan 1981 5-Month |
11.84" (300.74mm) | 18.79" (477.27mm) |
-6.95" (-176.53mm) | 2nd Driest | Driest to Date | 2002 |
| 124th Wettest | Wettest since: 1980 | 2006 | ||||
|
Aug 1980–Jan 1981 6-Month |
13.91" (353.31mm) | 22.68" (576.07mm) |
-8.77" (-222.76mm) | 2nd Driest | Driest to Date | 1985 |
| 124th Wettest | Wettest since: 1980 | 2019 | ||||
|
Jul 1980–Jan 1981 7-Month |
17.23" (437.64mm) | 26.34" (669.04mm) |
-9.11" (-231.40mm) | 1st Driest | Driest to Date | 1981 |
| 125th Wettest | Wettest since: 1980 | 2019 | ||||
|
Jun 1980–Jan 1981 8-Month |
20.93" (531.62mm) | 29.96" (760.98mm) |
-9.03" (-229.36mm) | 2nd Driest | Driest since: 1965 | 1965 |
| 124th Wettest | Wettest since: 1980 | 2019 | ||||
|
May 1980–Jan 1981 9-Month |
22.72" (577.09mm) | 33.55" (852.17mm) |
-10.83" (-275.08mm) | 2nd Driest | Driest since: 1965 | 1965 |
| 124th Wettest | Wettest since: 1980 | 2019 | ||||
|
Apr 1980–Jan 1981 10-Month |
27.65" (702.31mm) | 37.41" (950.21mm) |
-9.76" (-247.90mm) | 3rd Driest | Driest since: 1966 | 1966 |
| 123rd Wettest | Wettest since: 1980 | 2019 | ||||
|
Mar 1980–Jan 1981 11-Month |
34.29" (870.97mm) | 41.36" (1,050.54mm) |
-7.07" (-179.57mm) | 12th Driest | Driest since: 1967 | 1966 |
| 114th Wettest | Wettest since: 1980 | 2019 | ||||
|
Feb 1980–Jan 1981 12-Month |
35.28" (896.11mm) | 44.61" (1,133.09mm) |
-9.33" (-236.98mm) | 6th Driest | Driest since: 1966 | 1966 |
| 120th Wettest | Wettest since: 1980 | 2019 | ||||
|
Aug 1979–Jan 1981 18-Month |
57.72" (1,466.09mm) | 67.22" (1,707.39mm) |
-9.50" (-241.30mm) | 9th Driest | Driest since: 1967 | 1966 |
| 116th Wettest | Wettest since: 1980 | 2006 | ||||
|
Feb 1979–Jan 1981 24-Month |
79.94" (2,030.48mm) | 89.20" (2,265.68mm) |
-9.26" (-235.20mm) | 15th Driest | Driest since: 1967 | 1966 |
| 110th Wettest | Wettest since: 1980 | 1974 | ||||
|
Feb 1978–Jan 1981 36-Month |
124.59" (3,164.59mm) | 133.81" (3,398.77mm) |
-9.22" (-234.18mm) | 22nd Driest | Driest since: 1968 | 1967 |
| 102nd Wettest | Wettest since: 1980 | 2011 | ||||
|
Feb 1977–Jan 1981 48-Month |
183.60" (4,663.44mm) | 178.50" (4,533.90mm) |
5.10" (129.54mm) | 63rd Driest | Driest since: 1972 | 1967 |
| 60th Wettest | Wettest since: 1980 | 2012 | ||||
|
Feb 1976–Jan 1981 60-Month |
224.11" (5,692.39mm) | 223.05" (5,665.47mm) |
1.06" (26.92mm) | 54th Driest | Driest since: 1972 | 1967 |
| 68th Wettest | Wettest since: 1980 | 2012 | ||||
| Ties: 2018 | ||||||
Citing This Page
- NOAA National Centers for Environmental information, Climate at a Glance: Statewide Time Series, published November 2020, retrieved on December 2, 2020 from https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cag/