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Darwin Highest Daily Rainfall - May

Calculated from daily rainfall data: January 1941 to May 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    18.0 in 1956         5.2 in 1977         4.8 in 1970         2.0 in 1989         0.2 in 1974        58      6.0     5     8.62%    4     6.90%    1     1.72%    0     0.00%
2nd    21.4 in 1977        14.0 in 1983        10.2 in 1970         4.1 in 1960         1.3 in 1968        58      8.7     6    10.34%    4     6.90%    3     5.17%    0     0.00%
3rd    49.3 in 1956        39.4 in 1968         8.1 in 1960         4.8 in 1958         2.2 in 1977        58     15.1     7    12.07%    5     8.62%    2     3.45%    2     3.45%
4th     8.4 in 1995         6.9 in 1968         1.3 in 1956                                                58      5.5     3     5.17%    2     3.45%    0     0.00%    0     0.00%
5th    27.4 in 1997        15.0 in 1956         1.0 in 1972                                                58     14.5     3     5.17%    2     3.45%    2     3.45%    1     1.72%
6th    23.6 in 1972        15.4 in 1990        14.2 in 1973        13.2 in 1956         8.6 in 1965        58     11.1     7    12.07%    5     8.62%    4     6.90%    0     0.00%
7th    17.6 in 1994         9.1 in 1968         7.4 in 1986         2.0 in 1989         1.0 in 1969        58      6.3     6    10.34%    4     6.90%    1     1.72%    0     0.00%
8th    48.8 in 1968        34.0 in 1990         0.8 in 1991         0.8 in 1965         0.6 in 1992        58     12.2     7    12.07%    2     3.45%    2     3.45%    2     3.45%
9th    37.3 in 1968         1.3 in 1972         0.2 in 1994                                                58     12.9     3     5.17%    1     1.72%    1     1.72%    1     1.72%
10th   45.2 in 1968         9.1 in 1957         6.8 in 1995         2.0 in 1969         1.0 in 1964        58     10.8     6    10.34%    4     6.90%    1     1.72%    1     1.72%
11th   37.1 in 1967         6.6 in 1986         4.3 in 1965         3.8 in 1957         1.8 in 1968        58      9.0     6    10.34%    4     6.90%    1     1.72%    1     1.72%
12th    2.0 in 1968         1.0 in 1960         0.3 in 1961 (d)                                            58      1.1     3     5.17%    1     1.72%    0     0.00%    0     0.00%
13th   12.4 in 1987         5.8 in 1968         3.0 in 1959         0.3 in 1958                            58      5.4     4     6.90%    3     5.17%    1     1.72%    0     0.00%
14th   16.8 in 1993         0.8 in 1968                                                                    58      8.8     2     3.45%    1     1.72%    1     1.72%    0     0.00%
15th    7.1 in 1941                                                                                        58      7.1     1     1.72%    1     1.72%    0     0.00%    0     0.00%
16th    5.6 in 1987         1.8 in 1981         1.5 in 1941                                                58      3.0     3     5.17%    1     1.72%    0     0.00%    0     0.00%
17th   39.6 in 1988        38.2 in 1987        27.0 in 1995        24.0 in 1997         0.3 in 1968        58     21.6     6    10.34%    4     6.90%    4     6.90%    3     5.17%
18th   89.6 in 1987         2.4 in 1995         0.6 in 1992         0.4 in 1978                            58     23.3     4     6.90%    2     3.45%    1     1.72%    1     1.72%
19th   52.6 in 1968                                                                                        58     52.6     1     1.72%    1     1.72%    1     1.72%    1     1.72%
20th    2.4 in 1981         1.8 in 1968         0.4 in 1990                                                58      1.5     3     5.17%    1     1.72%    0     0.00%    0     0.00%
21st   21.6 in 1988         5.0 in 1990         3.6 in 1968         2.8 in 1981         2.3 in 1959        58      7.1     5     8.62%    5     8.62%    1     1.72%    0     0.00%
22nd   13.6 in 1988         4.2 in 1990         2.8 in 1959         1.3 in 1968         0.8 in 1979        58      3.3     7    12.07%    3     5.17%    1     1.72%    0     0.00%
23rd   73.0 in 1997        58.4 in 1979        13.2 in 1968         4.1 in 1970         3.8 in 1959        58     25.6     6    10.34%    5     8.62%    3     5.17%    2     3.45%
24th   31.5 in 1955         3.2 in 1979         1.8 in 1942         0.5 in 1965         0.3 in 1959        58      7.5     5     8.62%    2     3.45%    1     1.72%    1     1.72%
25th    8.4 in 1968         4.2 in 1978         0.4 in 1975                                                58      4.3     3     5.17%    2     3.45%    0     0.00%    0     0.00%
26th   19.3 in 1968         0.4 in 1978         0.3 in 1963                                                58      6.7     3     5.17%    1     1.72%    1     1.72%    0     0.00%
27th    1.5 in 1942                                                                                        58      1.5     1     1.72%    0     0.00%    0     0.00%    0     0.00%
28th    0.3 in 1963                                                                                        58      0.3     1     1.72%    0     0.00%    0     0.00%    0     0.00%
29th   28.7 in 1971         0.3 in 1963                                                                    58     14.5     2     3.45%    1     1.72%    1     1.72%    1     1.72%
30th    1.3 in 1950                                                                                        58      1.3     1     1.72%    0     0.00%    0     0.00%    0     0.00%
31st    0.8 in 1966         0.4 in 1997         0.3 in 1958                                                58      0.5     3     5.17%    0     0.00%    0     0.00%    0     0.00%
       89.6 in 1987        73.0 in 1997        58.4 in 1979        52.6 in 1968        49.3 in 1956      1798     10.2   123     6.84%   71     3.95%   34     1.89%   17     0.95%

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Updated: 19th June, 1998
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