Climate at a Glance
Statewide Rankings
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Massachusetts
Precipitation Rankings, August 1983
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| Period | Value | 1901-2000 Mean |
Anomaly | Rank (1895-2020) |
Wettest/Driest Since |
Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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August 1983 1-Month |
4.17" (105.92mm) | 3.90" (99.06mm) |
0.27" (6.86mm) | 81st Driest | Driest since: 1982 | 1984 |
| 46th Wettest | Wettest since: 1979 | 1955 | ||||
|
Jul–Aug 1983 2-Month |
6.17" (156.72mm) | 7.58" (192.53mm) |
-1.41" (-35.81mm) | 38th Driest | Driest since: 1982 | 1968 |
| 89th Wettest | Wettest since: 1979 | 1955 | ||||
|
Jun–Aug 1983 3-Month |
8.84" (224.54mm) | 11.24" (285.50mm) |
-2.40" (-60.96mm) | 22nd Driest | Driest since: 1966 | 1949 |
| 105th Wettest | Wettest since: 1982 | 1938 | ||||
| Ties: 1900 | ||||||
|
May–Aug 1983 4-Month |
13.88" (352.55mm) | 14.83" (376.68mm) |
-0.95" (-24.13mm) | 56th Driest | Driest since: 1981 | 1964 |
| 71st Wettest | Wettest since: 1982 | 2006 | ||||
|
Apr–Aug 1983 5-Month |
22.24" (564.90mm) | 18.73" (475.74mm) |
3.51" (89.16mm) | 99th Driest | Driest since: 1981 | 1965 |
| 28th Wettest | Wettest since: 1982 | 2006 | ||||
|
Mar–Aug 1983 6-Month |
30.14" (765.56mm) | 22.66" (575.56mm) |
7.48" (190.00mm) | 123rd Driest | Driest since: 1982 | 1965 |
| 4th Wettest | Wettest since: 1922 | 1901 | ||||
|
Feb–Aug 1983 7-Month |
34.49" (876.05mm) | 25.87" (657.10mm) |
8.62" (218.95mm) | 122nd Driest | Driest since: 1982 | 1957 |
| 5th Wettest | Wettest since: 1972 | 1984 | ||||
|
Jan–Aug 1983 8-Month |
39.21" (995.93mm) | 29.51" (749.55mm) |
9.70" (246.38mm) | 125th Driest | Driest since: 1982 | 1957 |
| 2nd Wettest | Wettest since: 1979 | 1979 | ||||
|
Dec 1982–Aug 1983 9-Month |
41.08" (1,043.43mm) | 33.34" (846.84mm) |
7.74" (196.59mm) | 118th Driest | Driest since: 1982 | 1965 |
| 8th Wettest | Wettest since: 1979 | 1984 | ||||
|
Nov 1982–Aug 1983 10-Month |
45.01" (1,143.25mm) | 37.36" (948.94mm) |
7.65" (194.31mm) | 112th Driest | Driest since: 1982 | 1965 |
| 14th Wettest | Wettest since: 1979 | 1984 | ||||
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Oct 1982–Aug 1983 11-Month |
48.04" (1,220.22mm) | 40.88" (1,038.35mm) |
7.16" (181.87mm) | 109th Driest | Driest since: 1982 | 1965 |
| 17th Wettest | Wettest since: 1979 | 2006 | ||||
|
Sep 1982–Aug 1983 12-Month |
51.02" (1,295.91mm) | 44.66" (1,134.36mm) |
6.36" (161.55mm) | 103rd Driest | Driest since: 1981 | 1965 |
| 23rd Wettest | Wettest since: 1982 | 2006 | ||||
|
Mar 1982–Aug 1983 18-Month |
77.12" (1,958.85mm) | 67.23" (1,707.64mm) |
9.89" (251.21mm) | 108th Driest | Driest since: 1982 | 1966 |
| 18th Wettest | Wettest since: 1978 | 1984 | ||||
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Sep 1981–Aug 1983 24-Month |
102.73" (2,609.34mm) | 89.21" (2,265.93mm) |
13.52" (343.41mm) | 109th Driest | Driest since: 1982 | 1966 |
| 16th Wettest | Wettest since: 1979 | 2006 | ||||
|
Sep 1980–Aug 1983 36-Month |
139.01" (3,530.85mm) | 133.85" (3,399.79mm) |
5.16" (131.06mm) | 72nd Driest | Driest since: 1982 | 1966 |
| 52nd Wettest | Wettest since: 1980 | 2008 | ||||
|
Sep 1979–Aug 1983 48-Month |
178.81" (4,541.77mm) | 178.47" (4,533.14mm) |
0.34" (8.63mm) | 57th Driest | Driest since: 1982 | 1966 |
| 66th Wettest | Wettest since: 1981 | 2009 | ||||
| Ties: 2018 | ||||||
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Sep 1978–Aug 1983 60-Month |
229.46" (5,828.28mm) | 223.07" (5,665.98mm) |
6.39" (162.30mm) | 66th Driest | Driest since: 1981 | 1966 |
| 56th Wettest | Wettest since: 1982 | 2009 | ||||
Citing This Page
- NOAA National Centers for Environmental information, Climate at a Glance: Statewide Time Series, published November 2020, retrieved on November 26, 2020 from https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cag/