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Greatest observed point precipitation values for the world

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Duration

Amount

(mm)           (in)

Location

Lat

 (deg)

Long

 (deg)

 Start date

Ref

1-minute

 

 

**38

**1.50

Barot, Guadeloupe, West Indies

16.25

-61.45

26 Nov 1970

12

31

1.23

Unionville, Maryland, USA

39.45

-77.18

4 Jul 1956

3,7

5-minute

63

2.48

Porto Bello, Panama

9.55

-79.65

29 Nov 1911

4

8-minute

126

4.96

Fussen, Bavaria, Germany

47.87

12.17

25 May 1920

10

15-minute

198

7.80

Plumb Point, Jamaica

17.93

-76.78

12 May 1916

23

20-minute

206

8.11

Curtea de Arges, Romania

45.12

24.42

7 Jul 1889

4,14

30-minute

280

11.0

Sikeshugou, Hebei, China

41.78

117.93

3 Jul 1974

24

42-minute

305

12.0

Holt, Missouri, USA

39.45

-94.33

22 Jun 1947

14,15

60-minute

 

 

 

 

 

 

*401

*15.8

Shangdi, Inner Mongolia, China

42.27

119.13

3 Jul 1975

24,26

381

15.0

Smethport, Pennsylvania, USA

41.87

-78.34

18 Jul 1942

9, 27

305

12.0

Holt, Missouri, USA

39.45

-94.33 

22 Jun 1947

2,3,14,15

305

12.0

Kilauea Plantation, Kauai, Hawaii, USA

22.21

-159.41

24 Jan 1956

2,14

72-minute

440

17.3

Gaoj, Gansu, China

34.85

104.67

12 Aug 1985

24

2-hour

489

19.3

Yujiawanzi, Inner Mongolia, China

41.50

118.93

19 Jul 1975

24

2.5-hour

550

21.7

Bainaobao, Hebei, China

41.58

114.30

25 Jun 1972

24

2.75-hour

559

22.0

Woodward Ranch (D’Hanis 17 NNW), Texas, USA

29.49

-99.38

31 May 1935

5

3-hour

600

23.6

Duanjiazhuang, Hebei, China

40.33

114.58

28 June 1973

24

6-hour

830

32.7

Linzhuang, Henan, China

33.05

113.65

7 Aug 1975

20,26

8-hour

1050

41.3

Muduchaideng, Inner Mongolia, China

38.88

109.50

1 Aug 1977

25

10-hour

*1400

*55.1

Muduchaideng, Inner Mongolia, China

38.88

109.50

1 Aug 1977

24

12-hour

 

 

 

*1400

*55.1

Muduchaideng, Inner Mongolia, China

38.88

109.50

1 Aug 1977

24

1144

45.0

Foc-Foc, Réunion Island

-21.23

55.68

7 Jan 1966

3, 17

24-hour

1825

71.9

Foc-Foc, Réunion Island

-21.23

55.68

7 Jan 1966

2,3,14,17

48-hour

2493

98.1

Cherrapunji,India

25.25

91.73

15 Jun 1995

3

72-hour

3929

155

Cratère Commerson, Réunion Island

-21.21

55.64

24 Feb 2007

3,19

96-hour

4936

194

Cratère Commerson, Réunion Island

-21.21

55.64

24 Feb 2007

3

5-day

4979

196

Cratère Commerson, Réunion Island

-21.21

55.64

24 Feb 2007

19

6-day

5075

200

Cratère Commerson, Réunion Island

-21.21

55.64

24 Feb 2007

19

7-day

5400

213

Cratère Commerson, Réunion Island

-21.21

55.64

24 Feb 2007

19

8-day

5510

217

Cratère Commerson, Réunion Island

-21.21

55.64

24 Feb 2007

19

9-day

5512

217

Cratère Commerson, Réunion Island

-21.21

55.64

24 Feb 2007

19

10-day

5678

224

Cratère Commerson, Réunion Island

-21.21

55.64

18 Jan 1980

17

15-day

6083

240

Cratère Commerson, Réunion Island

-21.21

55.64

14 Jan 1980

17

1-month

9300

366

Cherrapunji,India

25.25

91.73

1 Jul 1861

1,2,14

2-month

12767

503

Cherrapunji,India

25.25

91.73

1 Jun 1861

1

3-month

16369

644

Cherrapunji,India

25.25

91.73

1 May 1861

1

4-month

18738

738

Cherrapunji,India

25.25

91.73

1 Apr 1861

1

5-month

20412

804

Cherrapunji,India

25.25

91.73

1 Apr 1861

1

6-month

22454

884

Cherrapunji,India

25.25

91.73

1 Apr 1861

1

11-month

22990

905

Cherrapunji,India

25.25

91.73

1 Jan 1861

1

12-month

26470

1042

Cherrapunji,India

25.25

91.73

1 Aug 1860

1,2,3,14

2-year

40768

1605

Cherrapunji,India

25.25

91.73

1 Jan 1860

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Disclaimers: Last Update Date: Nov 10, 2021; Some data are estimates. Not all data have been verified. Coordinates are approximate.

*   Questionable veracity.

** WMO has yet to consider it as an official record.