# Annual precipitation in Massachusetts

Annual precipitation in Massachusetts was 42.92 inches in 2025. Source: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information.

- Indicator id: `precipitation_annual`
- Place id: `us-state-25`
- Unit: inches
- Definition: Total precipitation from January to December, in inches: rain plus the water content of snow and other frozen precipitation. NOAA computes it from its climate divisional dataset (nClimDiv): station readings interpolated onto a 5 km grid and averaged over the area.
- Note: Values are area averages, not the reading at one weather station. NOAA revises the last two years every month.
- Source: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, NOAA Climate at a Glance, January to December precipitation, contiguous US and statewide (https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/access/monitoring/climate-at-a-glance/statewide/time-series/19/pcp/12/12/1895-2025/data.json)
- Publisher page: https://invokely.ai/en/publishers/noaa-ncei
- Retrieved: 2026-10-12
- License: Public domain (US government work); NCEI asks users to cite the nClimDiv dataset
- Citation: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Climate at a Glance. NOAA Climate at a Glance, January to December precipitation, contiguous US and statewide. From the NOAA Monthly U.S. Climate Divisional Database (nClimDiv), doi:10.7289/V5M32STR. https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/access/monitoring/climate-at-a-glance/statewide/time-series/19/pcp/12/12/1895-2025/data.json. Retrieved 2026-10-12.
- Web page: https://invokely.ai/en/annual-precipitation/massachusetts
- API: https://invokely.ai/api/v1/series?indicator=precipitation_annual&place=us-state-25

| Period | inches |
|---|---:|
| 2025 | 42.92 |
| 2024 | 48.06 |
| 2023 | 57.68 |
| 2022 | 43.54 |
| 2021 | 54.82 |
| 2020 | 42.4 |
| 2019 | 52.74 |
| 2018 | 61.03 |
| 2017 | 46.82 |
| 2016 | 36.83 |
| 2015 | 41.39 |
| 2014 | 50.1 |
| 2013 | 46.39 |
| 2012 | 41.78 |
| 2011 | 60.83 |
| 2010 | 49.63 |
| 2009 | 51.71 |
| 2008 | 59.7 |
| 2007 | 45.49 |
| 2006 | 53.7 |
| 2005 | 57.01 |
| 2004 | 46.5 |
| 2003 | 53.29 |
| 2002 | 47.23 |
| 2001 | 39.98 |
| 2000 | 50.19 |
| 1999 | 46.04 |
| 1998 | 50.16 |
| 1997 | 41.12 |
| 1996 | 60.61 |
| 1995 | 41.49 |
| 1994 | 47.81 |
| 1993 | 44.45 |
| 1992 | 44.79 |
| 1991 | 48.23 |
| 1990 | 52.01 |
| 1989 | 50.38 |
| 1988 | 42.31 |
| 1987 | 45.27 |
| 1986 | 48.4 |
| 1985 | 40.55 |
| 1984 | 49.9 |
| 1983 | 59.42 |
| 1982 | 45.71 |
| 1981 | 43.16 |
| 1980 | 35.53 |
| 1979 | 54.45 |
| 1978 | 42.2 |
| 1977 | 54.08 |
| 1976 | 42.45 |
| 1975 | 55.75 |
| 1974 | 44.73 |
| 1973 | 52 |
| 1972 | 59.49 |
| 1971 | 40.56 |
| 1970 | 41.54 |
| 1969 | 49.32 |
| 1968 | 43.94 |
| 1967 | 46.49 |
| 1966 | 37.65 |
| 1965 | 29.37 |
| 1964 | 34.66 |
| 1963 | 37.7 |
| 1962 | 43.52 |
| 1961 | 43.65 |
| 1960 | 46.94 |
| 1959 | 48.79 |
| 1958 | 48.82 |
| 1957 | 33.94 |
| 1956 | 45.11 |
| 1955 | 51.72 |
| 1954 | 52.45 |
| 1953 | 53.64 |
| 1952 | 43.3 |
| 1951 | 49.19 |
| 1950 | 41.54 |
| 1949 | 35.81 |
| 1948 | 45.61 |
| 1947 | 41.42 |
| 1946 | 40.65 |
| 1945 | 50.86 |
| 1944 | 41.43 |
| 1943 | 38.87 |
| 1942 | 47.37 |
| 1941 | 33.03 |
| 1940 | 43.64 |
| 1939 | 38.04 |
| 1938 | 54.79 |
| 1937 | 49.15 |
| 1936 | 51.18 |
| 1935 | 39.11 |
| 1934 | 45.17 |
| 1933 | 48.97 |
| 1932 | 45.65 |
| 1931 | 43.43 |
| 1930 | 33.88 |
| 1929 | 41.1 |
| 1928 | 42.68 |
| 1927 | 48.88 |
| 1926 | 40.2 |
| 1925 | 43.29 |
| 1924 | 37.01 |
| 1923 | 42.84 |
| 1922 | 45.74 |
| 1921 | 43.21 |
| 1920 | 52.52 |
| 1919 | 46.37 |
| 1918 | 38.98 |
| 1917 | 39.77 |
| 1916 | 42.68 |
| 1915 | 44.69 |
| 1914 | 36.36 |
| 1913 | 41.22 |
| 1912 | 41.38 |
| 1911 | 41.96 |
| 1910 | 36.69 |
| 1909 | 41.84 |
| 1908 | 37.13 |
| 1907 | 44.69 |
| 1906 | 44.58 |
| 1905 | 39.68 |
| 1904 | 41.71 |
| 1903 | 45.2 |
| 1902 | 46.15 |
| 1901 | 51.37 |
| 1900 | 47.73 |
| 1899 | 40.5 |
| 1898 | 53.89 |
| 1897 | 49.72 |
| 1896 | 41.92 |
| 1895 | 42.85 |