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Rainfall
1989 48 cm rainfall at Rockport, West Virginia, state record

1987 Violent rainfall/floods in Bangladesh, kills 100s

1985 15.4 cm rainfall at Cheyenne, Wyoming (state record)

1982 35.7 cm rainfall at Big Fork, Arkansas (state record)

1982 38.6 cm (15.2") of rainfall, Angoon Alaska (state record)

1979 109 cm rainfall at Alvin Texas (state record)

1975 8.5" (21.6 cm) of rainfall, Dover, Delaware (state record)

1975 8.10" (20.57 cm) of rainfall, Litchville No Dakota (state 24-hour rec)

1972 10.84" (27.53 cm) of rainfall, Fort Ripley, Mn (state 24-hour record)

1972 27.5 cm rainfall at Fort Ripley, Minnesota, state record

1970 Estimated 15 cm (6") of rainfall, Bug Point, Utah (state record)

1970 26.37 cm (10.38") of rainfall, Mount Washington, New Hampshire (state 24-hour rec)

1969 69 cm rainfall in Nelson Co., Virginia (state record)

1968 15.68" (39.83 cm) of rainfall, Columbus, Miss (state 24-hour record)

1966 10.51" (26.70 cm) of rainfall, Sandusky Ohio (state record)

1965 18.18" (46.18 cm) of rainfall, Edgarton, Missouri (state 24-hour record)

1965 11.08" (28.14 cm) of rainfall, Holly, Colorado (state 24-hour record)

1962 55.9 cm rainfall at Hackberry, Louisiana, state record

1960 10.40" (26.42 cm) of rainfall, Dunmor, Kentucky (state 24-hour record)

1959 42.4 cm rainfall in Decatur Co, Iowa (state record)

1957 42.01 cm (16.54") of rainfall, East St. Louis, Illinois (state record)

1956 96.5 cm (38.0") of rainfall, Kilauea Plantation, HI (state record)

1955 46.1 cm rainfall at Westfield, Massachusetts (state record)

1955 20.33" (51.64 cm) of rainfall, Axis, Alabama (state record)

1954 20.4 cm rainfall at Brunswick, Maine (state record)

1952 Greatest 24-hour rainfall begins: 187 cm at La Reunion, Indian Ocean

1950 98.3 cm rainfall at Yankeetown, Florida (state record)

1950 13.15" (33.40 cm) of rainfall, York, Nebraska (state 24-hour record)

1946 11.72" (29.77 cm) of rainfall at Mellen Wisconsin (state 24-hour record)

1945 20.6 cm rainfall at Litchville North Dakota (state record)

1942 Estimated 34.5" (87.5 cm) of rainfall, Smethport, Pennsylvania (state record)

1941 12.59" (31.98 cm) rainfall, Burlington Kansas (state 24-hour record)

1940 39.4 CM rainfall at Sapulpa Oklahoma (state record)

1939 37.6 cm rainfall at Tuckerton, New Jersey (state record)

1932 30.8 cm rainfall at Westerly, Rhode Island (state record)

1927 22.3 cm rainfall at Somerset, Vermont (state record)

1921 11.5" (29.2 cm) of rainfall, Circle, Montana (state record)

1916 33.6 cm rainfall at Effingham South Carolina (state record)

1915 10.17" (25.83 cm) of rainfall, Glenora, Oregon (state record)

1914 24.8 cm rainfall at Bloomingdale, Michigan, state record

1911 45.7 cm rainfall at St. George, Georgia (state record)

1909 7.17" (18.2 cm) of rainfall, Rattlesnake Creek, Idaho (state rec)

1906 Andre Demedts, Flemish writer, Rainfall of the Days

1905 26.7 cm rainfall at Princeton, Indiana (state record)

1903 11" (28.4 cm) rainfall in 24 hours (New York City)

1900 20.3 cm rainfall at Elk Point, South Dakota (state record)

1897 14.75" (37.5 cm) of rainfall, Jewell, Maryland (state 24-hhourr record)

1897 37.5 cm rainfall at Jewell, Maryland (state record)

1888 Pennsylvania's Monongehela River rises 32' after 24 hour rainfall

1861 9,300 mm rainfall in July in Cherrapunji, Assam: world record


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