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It's possible for LA, in a freak storm event, to receive 400mm of heavy rain in less than 24 hours (I believe that number is its annual precipitation and it isn't that much thus making it more possible in this 'scenario').
The others certainly can't reach over 1,000mm in one day (what their yearly average is around at) - rarely the monsoonal India or China do so.
And Portland is the most least likeliest since it mostly just drizzles there.
The others certainly can't reach over 1,000mm in one day (what their yearly average is around at) - rarely the monsoonal India or China do so.
I bet Orlando could get more than its annual rainfall during a cat 5 hurricane (it wouldn't be a cat 5 in terms of wind speeds due to Orlando's inland location but it could bring super cat 5 levels of rain).
I bet Orlando could get more than its annual rainfall during a cat 5 hurricane (it wouldn't be a cat 5 in terms of wind speeds due to Orlando's inland location but it could bring super cat 5 levels of rain).
Rain levels don't really correlate with category levels much.
On July 17, 1942, a great flood developed over the Smethport area, resulting in an estimated 34.50" of rain--in just one day, including 30.60" in only six hours, setting a world record.
Los Angeles is most "likely" to exceed it's yearly rainfall in one day purely by the fact that it has the lowest annual rainfall, but none of these climates are likely to see such rainfall like that at least more than once every few thousand years. LA gets most of it's rainfall from winter storms which are highly unlikely to dump such high level of rainfall in a 24hr period, summer rain is next to nil. It is close enough to impossible for me to vote for the fifth option.
Los Angeles is most "likely" to exceed it's yearly rainfall in one day purely by the fact that it has the lowest annual rainfall, but none of these climates are likely to see such rainfall like that at least more than once every few thousand years. LA gets most of it's rainfall from winter storms which are highly unlikely to dump such high level of rainfall in a 24hr period, summer rain is next to nil. It is close enough to impossible for me to vote for the fifth option.
Florida's record for rainfall within 24 hours is nearly 40 inches (from a hurricane) and Florida is flat as a pancake so there is far less variation to the intensity in terms of different parts of the state; Climate of Florida - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
OTOH, Los Angeles is surrounded by mountains and the orthography effect so while it might be possible to get over 15 inches of rain in the hillier areas surrounding LA, it would be very difficult (but not impossible) for downtown LA to hit that amount in a single day due to the "rain shadow effect." The record for a single day is 5.6 inches which is a little over one third their average annual rainfall. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Climate..._Angeles_Basin
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