Climate at a Glance
Statewide Rankings
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Massachusetts
Precipitation Rankings, January 2012
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| Period | Value | 1901-2000 Mean |
Anomaly | Rank (1895-2020) |
Wettest/Driest Since |
Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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January 2012 1-Month |
3.22" (81.79mm) | 3.64" (92.46mm) |
-0.42" (-10.67mm) | 57th Driest | Driest since: 2008 | 1955 |
| 70th Wettest | Wettest since: 2011 | 1979 | ||||
|
Dec 2011–Jan 2012 2-Month |
7.67" (194.82mm) | 7.46" (189.48mm) |
0.21" (5.34mm) | 74th Driest | Driest since: 2011 | 1981 |
| 52nd Wettest | Wettest since: 2010 | 1979 | ||||
|
Nov 2011–Jan 2012 3-Month |
11.43" (290.32mm) | 11.49" (291.85mm) |
-0.06" (-1.53mm) | 70th Driest | Driest since: 2011 | 1981 |
| 56th Wettest | Wettest since: 2011 | 1978 | ||||
| Ties: 2011 | ||||||
|
Oct 2011–Jan 2012 4-Month |
18.69" (474.73mm) | 15.00" (381.00mm) |
3.69" (93.73mm) | 107th Driest | Driest since: 2011 | 2002 |
| 19th Wettest | Wettest since: 2006 | 2006 | ||||
|
Sep 2011–Jan 2012 5-Month |
25.95" (659.13mm) | 18.79" (477.27mm) |
7.16" (181.86mm) | 117th Driest | Driest since: 2011 | 2002 |
| 9th Wettest | Wettest since: 2006 | 2006 | ||||
|
Aug 2011–Jan 2012 6-Month |
35.44" (900.18mm) | 22.68" (576.07mm) |
12.76" (324.11mm) | 123rd Driest | Driest since: 2011 | 1985 |
| 3rd Wettest | Wettest since: 1956 | 2019 | ||||
|
Jul 2011–Jan 2012 7-Month |
37.95" (963.93mm) | 26.34" (669.04mm) |
11.61" (294.89mm) | 121st Driest | Driest since: 2011 | 1981 |
| 5th Wettest | Wettest since: 2006 | 2019 | ||||
| Ties: 2006 | ||||||
|
Jun 2011–Jan 2012 8-Month |
43.40" (1,102.36mm) | 29.96" (760.98mm) |
13.44" (341.38mm) | 123rd Driest | Driest since: 2011 | 1965 |
| 3rd Wettest | Wettest since: 1976 | 2019 | ||||
|
May 2011–Jan 2012 9-Month |
47.07" (1,195.58mm) | 33.55" (852.17mm) |
13.52" (343.41mm) | 124th Driest | Driest since: 2011 | 1965 |
| 2nd Wettest | Wettest to Date | 2019 | ||||
|
Apr 2011–Jan 2012 10-Month |
52.43" (1,331.72mm) | 37.41" (950.21mm) |
15.02" (381.51mm) | 124th Driest | Driest since: 2011 | 1966 |
| 2nd Wettest | Wettest to Date | 2019 | ||||
|
Mar 2011–Jan 2012 11-Month |
56.32" (1,430.53mm) | 41.36" (1,050.54mm) |
14.96" (379.99mm) | 123rd Driest | Driest since: 2011 | 1966 |
| 3rd Wettest | Wettest since: 1978 | 2019 | ||||
|
Feb 2011–Jan 2012 12-Month |
60.50" (1,536.70mm) | 44.61" (1,133.09mm) |
15.89" (403.61mm) | 122nd Driest | Driest since: 2011 | 1966 |
| 4th Wettest | Wettest since: 2009 | 2019 | ||||
|
Aug 2010–Jan 2012 18-Month |
84.71" (2,151.63mm) | 67.22" (1,707.39mm) |
17.49" (444.24mm) | 120th Driest | Driest since: 2011 | 1966 |
| 5th Wettest | Wettest since: 2007 | 2006 | ||||
|
Feb 2010–Jan 2012 24-Month |
110.33" (2,802.38mm) | 89.20" (2,265.68mm) |
21.13" (536.70mm) | 121st Driest | Driest since: 2011 | 1966 |
| 4th Wettest | Wettest since: 2010 | 1974 | ||||
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Feb 2009–Jan 2012 36-Month |
161.59" (4,104.39mm) | 133.81" (3,398.77mm) |
27.78" (705.62mm) | 122nd Driest | Driest since: 2010 | 1967 |
| 2nd Wettest | Wettest since: 2011 | 2011 | ||||
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Feb 2008–Jan 2012 48-Month |
222.52" (5,652.01mm) | 178.50" (4,533.90mm) |
44.02" (1,118.11mm) | 122nd Driest | Driest since: 2011 | 1967 |
| 1st Wettest | Wettest to Date | 2012 | ||||
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Feb 2007–Jan 2012 60-Month |
267.23" (6,787.64mm) | 223.05" (5,665.47mm) |
44.18" (1,122.17mm) | 121st Driest | Driest since: 2011 | 1967 |
| 1st Wettest | Wettest to Date | 2012 | ||||
Citing This Page
- NOAA National Centers for Environmental information, Climate at a Glance: Statewide Time Series, published November 2020, retrieved on November 23, 2020 from https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cag/