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Largest Rainfalls in USA & World - Per Time Unit |
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Mother Nature and her ability to
create unique weather patterns have delivered some very strange
rainfalls in very short timespans over the years. Listed below is the largest
rainfall ever recorded in the United States and world. |
| Time |
Location |
Date |
Inches |
Centimeters |
| 1 minute (World) |
Unionville, Md. |
Jul 4, 1956 |
1.23 |
3.1 |
| 20 minutes (World) |
Curtea-de-Arges, Romania |
Jul 7, 1889 |
8.1 |
20.5 |
| 42 minutes (World) |
Holt, MO |
Jun 22, 1947 |
12 |
30.5 |
| 12 hours (World) |
Grand Ilet, La Réunion |
Jan 26, 1980 |
46 |
114 |
| 24 hours (World) |
Foc-Foc, La Réunion |
Jan 7–8, 1966 |
72 |
182.5 |
| 24 hours (N Hemisphere) |
Paishih, Taiwan |
Sep 10–11, 1963 |
49 |
125 |
| 24 hours (Australia) |
Bellenden Ker, Queensland |
Jan 4, 1979 |
44 |
114 |
| 24 hours (U.S.) |
Alvin, TX |
Jul 25–26, 1979 |
43 |
109 |
| 24 hours (Canada) |
Ucluelet Brynnor Mines, BC |
Oct 6, 1967 |
19 |
49 |
| 5 days (World) |
Commerson, La Réunion |
Jan 23–28, 1980 |
156 |
395 |
| 1 month (World) |
Cherrapunji, India |
Jul 1861 |
366 |
930 |
| 12 months (World) |
Cherrapunji, India |
Aug 1860–Aug 1861 |
1,042 |
2,647 |
| 12 months (U.S.) |
Kukui, Maui, HA |
Dec 1981–Dec 1982 |
739 |
1878 |
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