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Greatest Rainfalls
Find a list of the greatest rainfalls in the world by region and time period, from one minute to one year
| | Place | Date | Inches | Centimeters | | 1 minute (World) | Barst, Guadeloupe | Nov. 26, 1970 | 1.5 | 3.8 | | 20 minutes (World) | Curtea-de-Arges, Romania | July 7, 1889 | 8.1 | 20.5 | | 42 minutes (World) | Holt, Mo. | June 22, 1947 | 12 | 30.5 | | 12 hours (World) | Grand Ilet, La Réunion | Jan. 26, 1980 | 46 | 114 | | 24 hours (World) | Foc-Foc, La Réunion | Jan. 7–8, 1966 | 72 | 182.5 | | 24 hours (N. Hemisphere) | Paishih, Taiwan | Sept. 10–11, 1963 | 49 | 125 | | 24 hours (Australia) | Bellenden Ker, Queensland | Jan. 4, 1979 | 44 | 114 | | 24 hours (U.S.) | Alvin, Tex. | July 25–26, 1979 | 43 | 109 | | 24 hours (Canada) | Ucluelet Brynnor Mines,
British Columbia | Oct. 6, 1967 | 19 | 49 | | 5 days (World) | Commerson, La Réunion | Jan. 23–28, 1980 | 156 | 395 | | 1 month (World) | Cherrapunji, India | July 1861 | 366 | 930 | | 12 months (World) | Cherrapunji, India | Aug. 1860–Aug. 1861 | 1,042 | 2,647 | | 12 months (U.S.) | Kukui, Maui, Hawaii | Dec. 1981–Dec. 1982 | 739 | 1878 | Information Please® Database, © 2012 Pearson Education, Inc. All rights reserved. 
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