Too Tall Bob Posted December 31, 2019 Share Posted December 31, 2019 1861 22,990mm (which is 905.12 inches) of rain falls in Cherrapunji Assam in India in 1861, a world record Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pat Riot Posted December 31, 2019 Share Posted December 31, 2019 Yeah, not much else happened that year... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pat Riot Posted December 31, 2019 Share Posted December 31, 2019 On this day in 1862 President Lincoln signed the Act admitting West Virginia into the Union. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alpo Posted December 31, 2019 Share Posted December 31, 2019 I just glanced at the first line. Read the ( as a 1. 1905. 12 inches of rain... Thought the 1905 was the end of a sentence, which explained the . 12 inches of rain? That's a world record? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Too Tall Bob Posted December 31, 2019 Author Share Posted December 31, 2019 that is a parentheses - not a 1. The measurement is nine hundred five and 12/100 inches of rain which is a HUGE amount. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cypress Sun Posted December 31, 2019 Share Posted December 31, 2019 that is a parentheses - not a 1. The measurement is nine hundred five and 12/100 inches of rain which is a HUGE amount. 75' of rain in one year.....that's a helleva lot of rain. Did they build an ark? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Subdeacon Joe Posted December 31, 2019 Share Posted December 31, 2019 Duration Units Rainfall (mm) Location Date 1 9,300 Cherrapunji, India 1-31 Jul 1861 2 months 12,767 Cherrapunji, India Jun-Jul 1861 3 16,369 Cherrapunji, India May-Jul 1861 4 18,738 Cherrapunji, India Apr-Jul 1861 5 20,412 Cherrapunji, India Apr-Aug 1861 6 22,454 Cherrapunji, India Apr-Sep 1861 11 22,990 Cherrapunji, India Jan-Nov 1861 12 26,461 Cherrapunji, India Aug 1860 - Jul 1861 2 years 40,768 Cherrapunji, India 1860 - 1861 Taken from http://www.bom.gov.au/water/designRainfalls/rainfallEvents/worldRecRainfall.shtml Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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