China tropical cyclone rainfall climatology
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China is a mountainous country, which leads to rapid dissipation of cyclones that move inland as well as significant amounts of rain from those dissipating cyclones. Typhoon Nina (1975) caused the collapse of two huge reservoirs and ten smaller dams when 1062 mm/41.81 inches fell in Henan Province during a 24 hour period, which is the record for Mainland China.
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[edit] Top Six Known Tropical Cyclone Rainfall Amounts for Mainland China
- 1062.0 mm/41.81 inches Nina 1975
- 831.1 mm/32.72 inches Fitow 2001[1]
- 703.5 mm/27.70 inches Rananim/Karen 2004[2]
- 555.0 mm/21.85 inches Chanchu/Caloy 2006[3]
- 355.6 mm/14.00 inches Tasha 1990[4]
- 190.5 mm/ 7.50 inches Hope 1989[5]
[edit] Hong Kong
Typhoon Sam of the 1999 Pacific typhoon season became the wettest known tropical cyclone to impact the area since records began in 1884, breaking a 73 year old record. A total of 23.98 inches/609 mm of rainfall fell between August 22 and August 25.[6]
[edit] Top 10 Wettest Tropical Cyclones in Hong Kong 1884-2005 (1940-1946 missing)
- 616.5 mm/24.27 inches Sam 1999
- 597.0 mm/23.50 inches July 1926 Typhoon
- 562.0 mm/22.13 inches June 1916 Typhoon
- 530.7 mm/20.89 inches Agnes 1965
- 519.0 mm/20.43 inches Agnes 1978
- 516.1 mm/20.32 inches Ellen 1976
- 497.5 mm/19.59 inches Dot 1993
- 491.7 mm/19.36 inches Dot 1982
- 480.9 mm/18.93 inches Helen 1995
- 473.2 mm/18.63 inches August 1904 Typhoon[7]
[edit] Taiwan/Taipei
The mountainous island of Taiwan province sees extreme rains from tropical cyclones, particularly in its central mountain range.
[edit] Top Nine Known Wettest Tropical Cyclones for Taiwan/Taipei
- 1736 mm/68.35 inches Herb 1996 Mount A-Li[8]
- 1730 mm/68.00 inches Lynn 1987[9]
- 1546 mm/60.87 inches Aere/Marce 2004 Matala[10]
- 1672 mm/65.83 inches Carla 1967 Xinliao[11]
- 1431 mm/56.34 inches Nari 2001[12]
- 1248 mm/49.13 inches Gloria 1963 Baxin[11]
- 1090 mm/42.91 inches Nanmadol 2004 Puluowan[2]
- 758 mm/ 29.84 inches Toraji 2001 Alishan Observatory[13]
- 591 mm/ 23.27 inches Kammuri 2002 Cheng Kung[14]
[edit] Tibet Autonomous Region
An early October 2004 tropical depression brought moisture into the highlands of Tibet, leading to daily precipitation of 60 mm/2.4" liquid equivalent to Che-Ku County all in the form of heavy snow, which was a new October daily precipitation record for both rain and snow. This led to a loss of 340,000 kg of food, 230,000 kg of forage grass, and 263 livestock in the snowstorm.[15]
[edit] See Also
[edit] References
- ^ Padgett, Gary (2006-12-27). Monthly Global Tropical Cyclone Summary August 2001. Australian Severe Weather Index. Jimmy Deguara. Retrieved on 2007-01-13.
- ^ a b Padgett, Gary; Kevin Boyle, John Wallace, Huang Chunliang, Simon Clarke (2005-05-17). Monthly Global Tropical Cyclone Summary August 2004. Australian Severe Weather Index. Jimmy Deguara. Retrieved on 2007-01-13.
- ^ AIRcurrents. AIR Post-Disaster Survey for Typhoon Chanchu Documents the Vulnerability of the Chinese Building Stock to Wind and Flood. Retrieved on 2007-02-25.
- ^ Joint Typhoon Warning Center. Northwest Pacific and North Indian Ocean Tropical Cyclones of 1990. Retrieved on 2007-03-12.
- ^ 1989 Northwest Pacific and North Indian Ocean Tropical Cyclones. Retrieved on 2007-03-14.
- ^ Gary Padgett. MONTHLY GLOBAL TROPICAL CYCLONE SUMMARY: SEPTEMBER, 1999. Retrieved on 2007-02-19.
- ^ Hong Kong Observatory. Tropical Cyclones in 2005. Retrieved on 2007-02-19.
- ^ Chun-Chieh Wu, Tzu-Hsiung Yen, Ying -Hwa Kuo, and Wei Wang. Rainfall Simulation Associated With Typhoon Herb (1996) near Taiwan. Part I: The Topographic Effect. Retrieved on 2007-02-24.
- ^ Joint Typhoon Warning Center. Super Typhoon Lynn. Retrieved on 2007-01-19.
- ^ Padgett, Gary; Kevin Boyle, John Wallace, Huang Chunliang, and Simon Clarke (2005-05-17). Monthly Global Tropical Cyclone Summary: November 2004. Australian Severe Weather Index. Jimmy Deguara. Retrieved on 2007-01-13.
- ^ a b Chen Lianshou. FIFTH INTERNATIONAL WORKSHOP ON TROPICAL CYCLONES. Retrieved on 2007-01-27.
- ^ A Modeling Study on Typhoon Nari (2001): Landfall Characteristics. Retrieved on 2007-02-25.
- ^ Motoyuki Ushiyama. Characteristics of the Heavy Rainfall Disaster in Central Taiwan, July 29 to 30, 2001. Retrieved on 2007-02-25.
- ^ Padgett, Gary; John Wallace, and Kevin Boyle (2006-12-27). Monthly Global Tropical Cyclone Summary: August 2002. Australian Severe Weather Index. Jimmy Deguara. Retrieved on 2007-01-13.
- ^ Padgett, Gary; Kevin Boyle, John Wallace, Huang Chunliang, and Simon Clarke (2005-05-17). Monthly Global Tropical Cyclone Summary October 2004. Australian Severe Weather Index. Jimmy Deguara. Retrieved on 2007-01-13.