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Subject: E4) What are the largest rainfalls associated with tropical cyclones?
Contributed by Chris Landsea
Cyclone Tropicale Gamede from La Reunion radar
Time Period | Amount | Location | Tropical Cyclone | Date |
12 hr | 1144 mm (45.0") | Foc-Foc, La Reunion | Denise | 7-8 January, 1966 |
24 hr | 1825 mm (71.8") | Foc-Foc, La Reunion | Denise | 7-8 January, 1966 |
48 hr | 2467 mm (97.1") | Aurere, La Reunion | Unnamed | 8-10 April, 1958 |
72 hr | 3929 mm (154.6") | Commerson, La Reunion | Gamede | 24-27 February, 2007 |
10 day | 5678 mm (223.5") | Commerson, La Reunion | Hyacinthe | 18-27 January, 1980 |
(Holland 1993)
Email from Philippe Caroff RSMC La Reunion March 12, 2007
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