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#480.8 mm/18.93 inches  Oct. 1942 T.S.          Big Meadows
#480.8 mm/18.93 inches  Oct. 1942 T.S.          Big Meadows
#406.4 mm/16.00 inches  [[Hurricane Fran]]          Big Meadows
#406.4 mm/16.00 inches  [[Hurricane Fran]]          Big Meadows
#320.0 mm/12.60 inches  [[Hurricane Gaston]]      West End Richmond
#320.0 mm/12.60 inches  [[Hurricane Gaston (2004)|Hurricane Gaston]]      West End Richmond
#285.0 mm/11.22 inches  [[Hurricane Hazel]]        Big Meadows
#285.0 mm/11.22 inches  [[Hurricane Hazel]]        Big Meadows
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U.S. tropical cyclone rainfall maxima per state

Alabama

Hurricane Danny (1997)
  1. 932.4 mm/36.71 inches  Danny (1997)        Dauphin Island Sea Lab
  2. 493.3 mm/19.42 inches  Opal (1995)           Brewton 3 ENE
  3. 408.7 mm/16.09 inches  Beryl (1988)          Dauphin Island #2
  4. 335.3 mm/13.20 inches  Carmen (1974)      Atmore
  5. 325.1 mm/12.80 inches  Dennis (2005)       Camden 10 NW
  6. 271.0 mm/10.67 inches  Florence (1988)     Brewton 3 SSE[1]

Arizona

A weakening Nora (1997)
  1. 305.5 mm/12.01 inches  Nora 1997          Harquahala Mts. (5700 ft. elevation)
  2. 304.8 mm/12.00 inches  Octave 1983       Mount Graham
  3. 210.8 mm/ 8.30 inches   Heather 1977      Nogales
  4. 177.8 mm/ 7.00 inches   Javier 2004         Walnut Creek
  5.  83.3 mm/  3.28 inches   Boris 1990         Santa Rita Exp. Range
  6.  71.9 mm/  2.83 inches   Marty 2003        Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument
  7.  22.9 mm/  0.90 inches   Juliette 2001      Patagonia #2[1]

California

Hurricane Norman (1978)
  1. 374.9 mm/14.76 inches   Kathleen 1976     San Gorgonio
  2. 189.2 mm/ 7.45 inches    Doreen 1977       Mount San Jacinto
  3. 178.1 mm/ 7.01 inches    Norman 1978      Lodgepole
  4.  55.9 mm/  2.20 inches    Igancio 1997       Three Peaks[1]

Florida

Georges (1998)

Top Ten wettest known tropical cyclones to impact Florida

  1. 983.0 mm/38.70 inches  Easy 1950                     Yankeetown[1]
  2. 976.9 mm/38.46 inches  Georges 1998                 Munson[1]
  3. 889.0 mm/35.00 inches  October Hurricane 1941  Trenton[2]
  4. 649.2 mm/25.56 inches  Dennis 1981                   Homestead/Ira Ebersole[1]
  5. 635.0 mm/25.00 inches  T.D. #1 1992                  Arcadia Tower[1]
  6. 634.5 mm/24.98 inches  Jeanne 1980                   Key West Int'l Airport[1]
  7. 604.0 mm/23.78 inches  Dora 1964                      Mayo[3]
  8. 589.8 mm/23.22 inches  October Hurricane 1924   Marco Island[2]
  9. 546.1 mm/21.50 inches  Bob 1985                       Everglades City[3]
  10. 543.0 mm/21.38 inches  Alberto 1994                   Niceville[3]

Georgia

Alberto (1994)

Top seven wettest known tropical cyclones to impact Georgia

  1. 707.4 mm/27.85 inches  Alberto 1994                     Americus
  2. 621.3 mm/24.46 inches  1929 Florida Hurricane[4]   Washington
  3. 505.2 mm/19.89 inches  Marco 1990                      Louisville 1E
  4. 395.2 mm/15.56 inches  Hanna 2002                      Donalsonville
  5. 367.8 mm/14.48 inches  Tammy 2004                    Darien
  6. 279.1 mm/10.99 inches  Babe 1977                       Lafayette 3SW[1]
  7. 254.0 mm/10.00 inches  Allison (2001)[5]

Guam

Typhoon Pongsona (2002)

Top ten wettest known tropical cyclones in Guam

  1. 686.1 mm/27.01 inches  Pamela 1976[6]
  2. 650.5 mm/25.61 inches  Pongsona 2002       University of Guam[7][8]
  3. 533.0 mm/21.00 inches  Typhoon Chataan    South-central Guam[9]
  4. 508.0 mm/20.00 inches  Tingting 2004[10]
  5. 460.0 mm/18.00 inches  Omar 1992              Taguac[11]
  6. 254.0 mm/10.00 inches  Isa 1997[12]
  7. 157.0 mm/ 6.17 inches  Bing 1997                Anderson AFB[13]
  8. 152.1 mm/ 5.99 inches  Keith 1997[14]
  9. 127.0 mm/ 5.00 inches  Page 1990[15]
  10. 111.0 mm/ 4.37 inches  Ed 1993[16]

Hawaii

Hurricane Kenneth

This island state frequently sees rainfall from the remains of former eastern and central Pacific tropical cyclones, but direct impacts of tropical cyclones are infrequent despite its location in the subtropics due to the protective influence of the Central Pacific Tropical Upper Tropospheric Trough (TUTT) which normally dissipates systems approaching Hawaii. The following are the top ten known Hawaiian tropical cyclone rainfall totals since 1950.

  1. 1321 mm/52.00 inches Hiki 1950[17]
  2. 635 mm / 25.00 inches Maggie 1970[18]
  3. 519 mm / 20.42 inches Nina 1957[19]
  4. 516 mm / 20.33 inches Iwa 1982[1]
  5. 476 mm / 18.75 inches Fabio 1988[1]
  6. 381 mm / 15.00 inches T.D. 1C 1994[20]
  7. 323 mm / 12.70 inches Makawao 1906[17]
  8. 305 mm / 12.00 inches Diana 1972[21]
  9. 305 mm / 12.00 inches "B" 1967[22]
  10. 305 mm / 12.00 inches Kenneth 2005[23]

Louisiana

Allison (2001)

Top five wettest known tropical cyclones in Louisiana

  1. 856.2 mm/33.71 inches  August 1940      Crowley
  2. 758.4 mm/29.86 inches  Allison 2001      Thibodaux
  3. 749.8 mm/29.52 inches  Allison 1989      Winfield
  4. 566.4 mm/22.30 inches  Unnamed 1933  Logansport
  5. 535.9 mm/21.10 inches  Frances 1998    Terrytown[24]

Massachusetts

Hurricane Edouard (1996)
  1. 501.7 mm/19.75 inch  Diane (1955)            Westfield[1]
  2. 324.4 mm/12.77 inch  L.I. Express (1938)   Gardner[1]
  3. 161.8 mm/ 6.37 inch  Edouard (1996)         West Dennis[1]
  4. 161.8 mm/ 5.67 inch  Gerda (1969)            South Wellfleet[1]
  5.  80.3 mm/  3.16 inch  Henri (1985)             Sterling[1]
  6.  24.6 mm/  0.97 inch  Beryl (2006)             Nantucket[1]

Mississippi

Hurricane Frederic
  1. 818 mm/32.21 inches Georges (1998)[25]
  2. 535 mm/21.06 inches Unnamed (1987)[1]
  3. 381 mm/15.00 inches Allison (2001)[26]
  4. 279 mm/11.00 inches Frederic (1979)[1]
  5. 254 mm/10.00 inches Danny (1997)[27]
  6. 213 mm/ 8.40 inches T.D. #10 (1988)[1]

New Jersey

Floyd (1999) Radar Loop
  1. 359 mm/14.13 inches Floyd (1999)[25]
  2. 304 mm/11.98 inches Great Atlantic Hurricane[1]
  3. 261 mm/10.29 inches Doria (1971)[1]
  4. 254 mm/10+ inches Chesapeake Potomac Hurricane[28]
  5. 254 mm/10+ inches Eloise (1975)[29]

North Carolina

Hurricane Floyd (1999)
  1. 611.1 mm/24.06 inches  Floyd (1999)                      Southport 5 N[1]
  2. 602.7 mm/23.73 inches  Mid-July Hurricane (1916)   Altapass[30]
  3. 598.7 mm/23.57 inches  Frances (2004)                  Mount Mitchell[1]
  4. 505.7 mm/19.91 inches  Dennis (1999)                    Ocracoke[1]
  5. 496.8 mm/19.56 inches  Mid-Aug. Hurricane (1940)  Swansboro[30]
  6. 482.1 mm/18.98 inches  Diana (1984)                     Southport 5 N[1]
  7. 444.5 mm/17.50 inches  Ophelia (2005)                   Oak Island Water Treatment Plant[1]
  8. 431.8 mm/17.00 inches  Ivan (2004)                         Cruso[1]
  9. 422.4 mm/16.63 inches  Ione (1955)                        Maysville 6 SW[1]
  10. 392.4 mm/15.45 inches  David (1979)                       New Holland[1]

Pennsylvania

Hurricane Agnes over Pennsylvania
  1. 482 mm/19.00 inches  Agnes (1972)[1]
  2. 337 mm/13.28 inches  Chesapeake Potomac Hurricane (1933)[1]
  3. 308 mm/12.13 inches   Floyd (1999)[25]
  4. 254 mm/10+ inches    Connie (1955)[31]
  5. 254 mm/10+ inches    Diane (1955)[32]
  6. 254 mm/10+ inches    Eloise (1975)[29]

Puerto Rico

Puerto Rico has seen dramatic rainfall from tropical cyclones and their precursor disturbances. The most recent tropical cyclone-related deluge was from Hurricane Georges from September 1998, when 775 mm/30.51" of rain was measured at Jayuya.[33] The heaviest rainfall noted over the past 30 years was from the precursor disturbance to Tropical Storm Isabel (1985), when 804 mm/31.67" fell at Toro Negro Forest.[34] Hurricane Eloise of 1975 dropped 946 mm/33.29" of rainfall at Dos Bocas, with 586 mm/23.07" falling in 24 hours.

Below is a list of the top ten highest known storm total rainfall amounts from individual tropical cyclones across Puerto Rico since 1960. The rainfall information was gathered from the National Climatic Data Center in Asheville, North Carolina.

Hurricane Georges
  1. 846 mm/33.29 inches  Eloise 1975
  2. 804 mm/31.67 inches  Isabel 1985
  3. 775 mm/30.51 inches  Georges 1998
  4. 653 mm/25.69 inches  Klaus 1984
  5. 596 mm/23.48 inches  Hortense 1996
  6. 504 mm/19.86 inches  David 1979
  7. 447 mm/17.60 inches  Hugo 1989
  8. 412 mm/16.23 inches  Donna 1960
  9. 370 mm/14.55 inches  Chris 1988
  10. 327 mm/12.86 inches  Debby 1982[1]

South Carolina

Hurricane Hugo
  1. 470.2 mm/18.51 inches  Jerry (1995)                               Antreville[1]
  2. 443.2 mm/17.45 inches  Beryl (1994)                              Jocassee 8 WNW[1]
  3. 358.4 mm/14.11 inches  T. D. (Aug. 1971)                       Sullivans Island[1]
  4. 342.1 mm/13.47 inches  Mid-Aug. T.S. (1928)                 Ceasars Head[30]
  5. 318.3 mm/12.53 inches  Mid-Sept. Hurricane (1928)         Darlington[30]
  6. 261.1 mm/10.28 inches  Hugo (1989)                              Edisto Island[1]
  7. 248.9 mm/ 9.80 inches  Danny (1985)                             Gaffney 6 E[1]
  8. 243.8 mm/ 9.60 inches  Helene (2000)                            Bamberg[1]
  9. 194.1 mm/ 7.64 inches  Chris (1988)                               Bishopville 1 ENE
  10. 192.3 mm/ 7.57 inches  Sub T.S. #1 (1976)                     Sullivans Island[1]

Texas

Beulah (1967)

Top five wettest tropical cyclones to impact Texas since 1960

  1. 1219.2 mm/48.00 inches  Amelia (1978)      Medina
  2. 1143.0 mm/45.00 inches  Claudette (1979)  Alvin COOP site
  3. 1033.3 mm/40.68 inches  Allison (2001)      Moore Road Detention Pond
  4.  755.9 mm/29.76 inches  Unnamed (1960)  Port Lavaca #2
  5.  695.5 mm/27.38 inches  Beulah (1967)      Pettus[1]

Virginia

Top eight known wettest tropical cyclones in impact Virginia

Hurricane Gaston
  1. 787.4 mm/31.00 inches  Hurricane Camille      Tye River
  2. 513.1 mm/20.20 inches  Hurricane Isabel        Upper Sherando
  3. 480.8 mm/18.93 inches  Oct. 1942 T.S.          Big Meadows
  4. 406.4 mm/16.00 inches  Hurricane Fran          Big Meadows
  5. 320.0 mm/12.60 inches  Hurricane Gaston      West End Richmond
  6. 285.0 mm/11.22 inches  Hurricane Hazel        Big Meadows
  7. 275.3 mm/10.84 inches  Hurricane Gracie       Big Meadows[30]
  8. 260.9 mm/10.27 inches  T.D. #9 of 1987         Philpott Dam 2

See also

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