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Canberra Highest Daily Rainfall - August

Calculated from daily rainfall data: March 1939 to August 1998


      <----- top 5 highest daily rainfalls ------------------------------------------------------->     no of     mean    count & freq   count & freq   count & freq   count & freq
date            1st                 2nd                 3rd                 4th                 5th       obs     rain         of rain      of >= 2mm     of >= 10mm     of >= 25mm
-----+-------------------+-------------------+-------------------+-------------------+------------------+----+--------+---------------+--------------+--------------+--------------+-----
1st    11.2 in 1945         8.9 in 1960         8.1 in 1962         5.0 in 1975         4.3 in 1946        60      2.3    28    46.67%    9    15.00%    1     1.67%    0     0.00%
2nd     7.4 in 1990         6.9 in 1939         6.6 in 1962         6.4 in 1951         5.3 in 1950        60      2.4    25    41.67%   10    16.67%    0     0.00%    0     0.00%
3rd    28.2 in 1951        20.3 in 1939        14.0 in 1987        11.6 in 1990         9.1 in 1940        60      5.2    22    36.67%   11    18.33%    4     6.67%    1     1.67%
4th    14.5 in 1939        14.2 in 1952         9.4 in 1969         8.2 in 1974         7.4 in 1996        60      4.1    22    36.67%   11    18.33%    2     3.33%    0     0.00%
5th    23.9 in 1952        20.2 in 1998        11.9 in 1953         8.9 in 1950         7.6 in 1963        60      4.4    25    41.67%   12    20.00%    3     5.00%    0     0.00%
6th    27.2 in 1992        19.8 in 1991        17.0 in 1985        14.0 in 1984        10.9 in 1972        60      4.6    25    41.67%    9    15.00%    5     8.33%    1     1.67%
7th    23.8 in 1985        12.2 in 1998        11.7 in 1967         9.8 in 1997         8.0 in 1996        60      4.1    25    41.67%   13    21.67%    3     5.00%    0     0.00%
8th    14.0 in 1945        12.7 in 1954        10.7 in 1968         9.9 in 1965         9.1 in 1967        60      4.3    28    46.67%   14    23.33%    3     5.00%    0     0.00%
9th    15.2 in 1955         8.2 in 1981         6.4 in 1968         5.6 in 1983         4.1 in 1951        60      2.4    23    38.33%    8    13.33%    1     1.67%    0     0.00%
10th   18.0 in 1984        14.7 in 1955        10.9 in 1968         7.6 in 1966         5.8 in 1957        60      4.7    17    28.33%   10    16.67%    3     5.00%    0     0.00%
11th   11.9 in 1947         8.9 in 1972         8.9 in 1967         8.4 in 1966         7.2 in 1975        60      3.8    24    40.00%   15    25.00%    1     1.67%    0     0.00%
12th   11.6 in 1997         7.6 in 1955         7.0 in 1977         6.6 in 1975         6.2 in 1982        60      2.7    22    36.67%    8    13.33%    1     1.67%    0     0.00%
13th   15.0 in 1969        12.2 in 1942        10.0 in 1977         9.4 in 1940         7.0 in 1992        60      3.2    25    41.67%    9    15.00%    3     5.00%    0     0.00%
14th   15.6 in 1998        13.6 in 1987         6.6 in 1962         6.1 in 1965         5.4 in 1981        60      3.2    19    31.67%    8    13.33%    2     3.33%    0     0.00%
15th   23.8 in 1986        10.8 in 1981         9.1 in 1962         6.1 in 1965         6.1 in 1958        60      3.9    21    35.00%    9    15.00%    2     3.33%    0     0.00%
16th   34.0 in 1985        27.2 in 1958        11.9 in 1955         9.7 in 1963         9.4 in 1965        60      5.3    27    45.00%   14    23.33%    3     5.00%    2     3.33%
17th   17.0 in 1961         9.6 in 1998         5.1 in 1958         3.8 in 1953         2.0 in 1985        60      2.9    15    25.00%    5     8.33%    1     1.67%    0     0.00%
18th   20.2 in 1998         9.8 in 1988         5.3 in 1973         4.4 in 1983         2.5 in 1950        60      3.0    18    30.00%    6    10.00%    1     1.67%    0     0.00%
19th   23.9 in 1966        11.2 in 1956         8.4 in 1998         8.2 in 1979         7.6 in 1943        60      3.7    22    36.67%    9    15.00%    2     3.33%    0     0.00%
20th   22.1 in 1967        15.7 in 1951        13.0 in 1962        11.2 in 1968         9.1 in 1947        60      4.0    25    41.67%   10    16.67%    4     6.67%    0     0.00%
21st   11.8 in 1984        11.4 in 1955        10.9 in 1950         8.0 in 1980         6.4 in 1945        60      3.1    31    51.67%   16    26.67%    3     5.00%    0     0.00%
22nd   21.2 in 1998        18.5 in 1939        14.7 in 1971         9.0 in 1985         4.1 in 1947        60      4.1    21    35.00%    8    13.33%    3     5.00%    0     0.00%
23rd   24.9 in 1957        19.2 in 1985         8.4 in 1988 (s)     8.4 in 1939         8.2 in 1998        60      4.0    32    53.33%   16    26.67%    2     3.33%    0     0.00%
24th   15.5 in 1947        13.4 in 1988        13.0 in 1970        10.4 in 1941         9.6 in 1986        60      4.0    27    45.00%   11    18.33%    4     6.67%    0     0.00%
25th   20.1 in 1964        14.2 in 1955        10.0 in 1984         9.1 in 1952         7.1 in 1973        60      3.9    25    41.67%   14    23.33%    3     5.00%    0     0.00%
26th   16.0 in 1983         6.6 in 1963         5.8 in 1985         5.1 in 1958         5.1 in 1955        60      2.8    22    36.67%    9    15.00%    1     1.67%    0     0.00%
27th   42.0 in 1974        25.1 in 1970        21.6 in 1967        21.3 in 1973        18.0 in 1983        60      7.1    25    41.67%   14    23.33%    6    10.00%    2     3.33%
28th   45.6 in 1974        15.0 in 1969        13.4 in 1991        10.6 in 1988         9.9 in 1973        60      5.5    23    38.33%   10    16.67%    4     6.67%    1     1.67%
29th   48.4 in 1974        19.6 in 1979        10.4 in 1972         9.7 in 1942         8.0 in 1989        60      5.9    20    33.33%    9    15.00%    3     5.00%    1     1.67%
30th   16.5 in 1972        14.2 in 1992        12.7 in 1939        10.0 in 1986         5.1 in 1971        60      4.5    15    25.00%    7    11.67%    4     6.67%    0     0.00%
31st   12.8 in 1992         6.6 in 1996         6.6 in 1991         4.3 in 1942         3.0 in 1987        60      2.3    21    35.00%    7    11.67%    1     1.67%    0     0.00%
       48.4 in 1974        45.6 in 1974        42.0 in 1974        34.0 in 1985        28.2 in 1951      1860      3.9   720    38.71%  321    17.26%   79     4.25%    8     0.43%

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Updated: 10th September, 1998
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