Greatest Rainfalls

Updated February 4, 2020 | Infoplease Staff

Find a list of the greatest rainfalls in the world by time period, from one minute to one year.

 
  Place Date Inches Centimeters
1 minute Unionville, MD, USA July 4, 1956 1.23 3.12
60 minutes Holt, MO, USA June 22, 1947 12.0 30.5
12 hours Foc-Foc, La Réunion Jan. 7–8, 1966 45.0 114.0
24 hours Foc-Foc, La Réunion Jan.7–8 , 1966 71.8 182.5
48 hours Cherrapunji, India June 15–16, 1995 98.15 249.3
72 hours Cratére Commerson, La Réunion Feb. 24–26, 2007 154.7 392.9
96 hours Cratére Commerson, La Réunion Feb. 24–27, 2007 191.7 486.9
12 months Cherrapunji, India Aug. 1860–July 1861 1,042.0 2,647.0

 

 

World and U.S. Extremes of Climate
 
World and U.S. Extremes of Climate
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