Driest Cities in Massachusetts

The top 25 of 47 Massachusetts cities on GIS Map, ranked by lowest average annual precipitation.

#	City	County	Average annual precipitation	Population
1	Nantucket	Nantucket	40.9 in	10,017
2	Falmouth	Barnstable	42.1 in	3,954
3	Lexington	Middlesex	42.6 in	34,295
4	Waltham	Middlesex	42.6 in	64,902
5	Leominster	Worcester	43.4 in	43,909
6	Boston	Suffolk	43.6 in	666,442
7	Everett	Middlesex	43.6 in	50,045
8	Malden	Middlesex	43.6 in	65,906
9	Medford	Middlesex	43.6 in	59,354
10	Revere	Suffolk	43.6 in	60,012
11	Somerville	Middlesex	43.6 in	81,036
12	Pittsfield	Berkshire	44.2 in	43,457
13	Barnstable	Barnstable	44.7 in	49,568
14	Beverly	Essex	44.9 in	42,665
15	Chicopee	Hampden	45.2 in	55,295
16	Holyoke	Hampden	45.2 in	37,813
17	Springfield	Hampden	45.2 in	154,749
18	Westfield	Hampden	45.2 in	40,378
19	Chatham	Barnstable	45.9 in	1,600
20	New Bedford	Bristol	45.9 in	100,998
21	Amherst	Hampshire	46.6 in	38,182
22	Northampton	Hampshire	46.6 in	30,962
23	Framingham	Middlesex	47.3 in	72,399
24	Wellesley	Norfolk	47.3 in	30,347
25	Gloucester	Essex	48.0 in	30,075

Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 U.S. Climate Normals, nearest station with complete data. Only cities covered by GIS Map with at least 1,000 residents are ranked. Estimates carry margins of error.

Citing this page: GIS Map, “Driest Cities in Massachusetts”, https://gismap.land/rankings/massachusetts/driest-cities. Figures from NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 U.S. Climate Normals, nearest station with complete data.

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