Historical Extreme Precipitation Events
This webpage shows synoptic conditions, precipitation development, and recurrence intervals associated with extreme precipitation events. Select a region and then an event from the pull-down menus below and then choose the variable. This webpage was created as a part of the NOAA Probable Maximum Precipitation (PMP) project. For more information, visit the following page: NOAA Physical Science Laboratory’s Probable Maximum Precipitation Estimation Modernization.
Cases were selected based on whether they exceeded the 1000 y Annual Recurrence Interval (ARI) over a combined area that exceeded 200 km2 or the events that had significant impacts such as property damage in the millions of dollars (US).
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Support for this webpage comes from the University of Colorado, Boulder’s Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences (CIRES), Colorado State University’s Cooperative Institute for Research in the Atmosphere (CSU/CIRA), and NOAA’s Physical Sciences Laboratory (PSL) and Global Systems Laboratory (GSL).Citation
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