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 December 2020. For more information, please see Climatological Rankings.
Massachusetts
Precipitation Rankings, August 2018
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| Period | Value | 1901-2000 Mean |
Anomaly | Rank (1895-2020) |
Wettest/Driest Since |
Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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August 2018 1-Month |
6.24" (158.50mm) | 3.90" (99.06mm) |
2.34" (59.44mm) | 116th Driest | Driest since: 2017 | 1984 |
| 11th Wettest | Wettest since: 2011 | 1955 | ||||
|
Jul–Aug 2018 2-Month |
10.89" (276.61mm) | 7.58" (192.53mm) |
3.31" (84.08mm) | 116th Driest | Driest since: 2017 | 1968 |
| 11th Wettest | Wettest since: 2011 | 1955 | ||||
|
Jun–Aug 2018 3-Month |
14.94" (379.48mm) | 11.24" (285.50mm) |
3.70" (93.98mm) | 109th Driest | Driest since: 2017 | 1949 |
| 18th Wettest | Wettest since: 2013 | 1938 | ||||
|
May–Aug 2018 4-Month |
16.99" (431.55mm) | 14.83" (376.68mm) |
2.16" (54.87mm) | 93rd Driest | Driest since: 2017 | 1964 |
| 34th Wettest | Wettest since: 2013 | 2006 | ||||
|
Apr–Aug 2018 5-Month |
21.98" (558.29mm) | 18.73" (475.74mm) |
3.25" (82.55mm) | 96th Driest | Driest since: 2016 | 1965 |
| 31st Wettest | Wettest since: 2017 | 2006 | ||||
|
Mar–Aug 2018 6-Month |
26.43" (671.32mm) | 22.66" (575.56mm) |
3.77" (95.76mm) | 103rd Driest | Driest since: 2017 | 1965 |
| 24th Wettest | Wettest since: 2013 | 1901 | ||||
|
Feb–Aug 2018 7-Month |
31.31" (795.27mm) | 25.87" (657.10mm) |
5.44" (138.17mm) | 111th Driest | Driest since: 2017 | 1957 |
| 16th Wettest | Wettest since: 2013 | 1984 | ||||
|
Jan–Aug 2018 8-Month |
35.81" (909.57mm) | 29.51" (749.55mm) |
6.30" (160.02mm) | 116th Driest | Driest since: 2017 | 1957 |
| 11th Wettest | Wettest since: 2011 | 1979 | ||||
|
Dec 2017–Aug 2018 9-Month |
38.43" (976.12mm) | 33.34" (846.84mm) |
5.09" (129.28mm) | 104th Driest | Driest since: 2017 | 1965 |
| 22nd Wettest | Wettest since: 2013 | 1984 | ||||
|
Nov 2017–Aug 2018 10-Month |
40.25" (1,022.35mm) | 37.36" (948.94mm) |
2.89" (73.41mm) | 83rd Driest | Driest since: 2017 | 1965 |
| 43rd Wettest | Wettest since: 2013 | 1984 | ||||
|
Oct 2017–Aug 2018 11-Month |
47.19" (1,198.63mm) | 40.88" (1,038.35mm) |
6.31" (160.28mm) | 104th Driest | Driest since: 2017 | 1965 |
| 22nd Wettest | Wettest since: 2011 | 2006 | ||||
|
Sep 2017–Aug 2018 12-Month |
50.61" (1,285.49mm) | 44.66" (1,134.36mm) |
5.95" (151.13mm) | 98th Driest | Driest since: 2017 | 1965 |
| 28th Wettest | Wettest since: 2011 | 2006 | ||||
|
Mar 2017–Aug 2018 18-Month |
75.92" (1,928.37mm) | 67.23" (1,707.64mm) |
8.69" (220.73mm) | 106th Driest | Driest since: 2017 | 1966 |
| 20th Wettest | Wettest since: 2012 | 1984 | ||||
|
Sep 2016–Aug 2018 24-Month |
96.11" (2,441.19mm) | 89.21" (2,265.93mm) |
6.90" (175.26mm) | 83rd Driest | Driest since: 2017 | 1966 |
| 42nd Wettest | Wettest since: 2013 | 2006 | ||||
|
Sep 2015–Aug 2018 36-Month |
134.81" (3,424.17mm) | 133.85" (3,399.79mm) |
0.96" (24.38mm) | 55th Driest | Driest since: 2017 | 1966 |
| 69th Wettest | Wettest since: 2015 | 2008 | ||||
|
Sep 2014–Aug 2018 48-Month |
178.81" (4,541.77mm) | 178.47" (4,533.14mm) |
0.34" (8.63mm) | 57th Driest | Driest since: 2017 | 1966 |
| 66th Wettest | Wettest since: 2015 | 2009 | ||||
| Ties: 1983 | ||||||
|
Sep 2013–Aug 2018 60-Month |
223.64" (5,680.46mm) | 223.07" (5,665.98mm) |
0.57" (14.48mm) | 55th Driest | Driest since: 2017 | 1966 |
| 67th Wettest | Wettest since: 2016 | 2009 | ||||
Citing This Page
- NOAA National Centers for Environmental information, Climate at a Glance: Statewide Time Series, published January 2021, retrieved on January 25, 2021 from https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cag/