Rainiest Cities in Massachusetts

Average annual precipitation, ranked
1991–2020 NOAA normals · 7 cities

Lowell is the rainiest city in Massachusetts, with 48.5 in of precipitation in an average year. Every Massachusetts city with a reporting NOAA station, ranked.

#CityAverage annual precipitation
1Lowell48.5 inwettest October
2Worcester48.3 inwettest October
3New Bedford45.9 inwettest March
4Springfield45.2 inwettest October
5Boston43.6 inwettest December
6South Boston43.6 inwettest December
7Cambridge43.6 inwettest December

Thirty-year normals and records from each city's NOAA GHCN-Daily station, computed 2026-08-30. Cities with a population of 100,000 or more and a reporting station. Each city name opens its climate page.

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Normals and records: NOAA GHCN-Daily stations. Sunshine from ERA5 reanalysis. City locations: GeoNames (CC BY 4.0).