Climate at a Glance
Statewide Rankings
Look up monthly rankings for 1-12, 18, 24, 36, 48, and 60-month time periods using the options below. Data and statistics are as of January 2021. For more information, please see Climatological Rankings.
Massachusetts
Precipitation Rankings, August 2017
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| Period | Value | 1901-2000 Mean |
Anomaly | Rank (1895-2020) |
Wettest/Driest Since |
Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
August 2017 1-Month |
2.89" (73.41mm) | 3.90" (99.06mm) |
-1.01" (-25.65mm) | 39th Driest | Driest since: 2007 | 1984 |
| 88th Wettest | Wettest since: 2016 | 1955 | ||||
|
Jul–Aug 2017 2-Month |
6.36" (161.54mm) | 7.58" (192.53mm) |
-1.22" (-30.99mm) | 41st Driest | Driest since: 2016 | 1968 |
| 86th Wettest | Wettest since: 2014 | 1955 | ||||
|
Jun–Aug 2017 3-Month |
10.81" (274.57mm) | 11.24" (285.50mm) |
-0.43" (-10.93mm) | 58th Driest | Driest since: 2016 | 1949 |
| 69th Wettest | Wettest since: 2015 | 1938 | ||||
|
May–Aug 2017 4-Month |
16.59" (421.39mm) | 14.83" (376.68mm) |
1.76" (44.71mm) | 88th Driest | Driest since: 2016 | 1964 |
| 39th Wettest | Wettest since: 2013 | 2006 | ||||
|
Apr–Aug 2017 5-Month |
22.10" (561.34mm) | 18.73" (475.74mm) |
3.37" (85.60mm) | 97th Driest | Driest since: 2016 | 1965 |
| 30th Wettest | Wettest since: 2013 | 2006 | ||||
|
Mar–Aug 2017 6-Month |
25.31" (642.87mm) | 22.66" (575.56mm) |
2.65" (67.31mm) | 90th Driest | Driest since: 2016 | 1965 |
| 37th Wettest | Wettest since: 2013 | 1901 | ||||
|
Feb–Aug 2017 7-Month |
27.99" (710.95mm) | 25.87" (657.10mm) |
2.12" (53.85mm) | 86th Driest | Driest since: 2016 | 1957 |
| 41st Wettest | Wettest since: 2014 | 1984 | ||||
|
Jan–Aug 2017 8-Month |
32.02" (813.31mm) | 29.51" (749.55mm) |
2.51" (63.76mm) | 85th Driest | Driest since: 2016 | 1957 |
| 42nd Wettest | Wettest since: 2014 | 1979 | ||||
|
Dec 2016–Aug 2017 9-Month |
35.65" (905.51mm) | 33.34" (846.84mm) |
2.31" (58.67mm) | 79th Driest | Driest since: 2016 | 1965 |
| 47th Wettest | Wettest since: 2014 | 1984 | ||||
|
Nov 2016–Aug 2017 10-Month |
38.23" (971.04mm) | 37.36" (948.94mm) |
0.87" (22.10mm) | 64th Driest | Driest since: 2016 | 1965 |
| 62nd Wettest | Wettest since: 2014 | 1984 | ||||
|
Oct 2016–Aug 2017 11-Month |
43.14" (1,095.76mm) | 40.88" (1,038.35mm) |
2.26" (57.41mm) | 75th Driest | Driest since: 2016 | 1965 |
| 51st Wettest | Wettest since: 2013 | 2006 | ||||
|
Sep 2016–Aug 2017 12-Month |
45.50" (1,155.70mm) | 44.66" (1,134.36mm) |
0.84" (21.34mm) | 62nd Driest | Driest since: 2016 | 1965 |
| 64th Wettest | Wettest since: 2013 | 2006 | ||||
|
Mar 2016–Aug 2017 18-Month |
61.68" (1,566.67mm) | 67.23" (1,707.64mm) |
-5.55" (-140.97mm) | 24th Driest | Driest since: 2016 | 1966 |
| 102nd Wettest | Wettest since: 2015 | 1984 | ||||
|
Sep 2015–Aug 2017 24-Month |
84.20" (2,138.68mm) | 89.21" (2,265.93mm) |
-5.01" (-127.25mm) | 35th Driest | Driest since: 2016 | 1966 |
| 90th Wettest | Wettest since: 2015 | 2006 | ||||
|
Sep 2014–Aug 2017 36-Month |
128.20" (3,256.28mm) | 133.85" (3,399.79mm) |
-5.65" (-143.51mm) | 35th Driest | Driest since: 2016 | 1966 |
| 89th Wettest | Wettest since: 2015 | 2008 | ||||
|
Sep 2013–Aug 2017 48-Month |
173.03" (4,394.96mm) | 178.47" (4,533.14mm) |
-5.44" (-138.18mm) | 37th Driest | Driest since: 1969 | 1966 |
| 86th Wettest | Wettest since: 2016 | 2009 | ||||
|
Sep 2012–Aug 2017 60-Month |
223.32" (5,672.33mm) | 223.07" (5,665.98mm) |
0.25" (6.35mm) | 53rd Driest | Driest since: 1995 | 1966 |
| 69th Wettest | Wettest since: 2016 | 2009 |
Citing This Page
- NOAA National Centers for Environmental information, Climate at a Glance: Statewide Time Series, published February 2021, retrieved on March 5, 2021 from https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cag/