Greatest amount in one year:

26,467 mm (1,042 inches) at Cherrapunji,

Meghalaya, India, 1,313 m (4,307 feet) above

sea level August 1860-July 1861

Greatest amount in one month:

9,300 mm (366 inches) at Cherrapunji

July 1861

Greatest falls in one day:

1,870 mm (73.6 inches) at Cilaos, on Réunion

Island (27【deg】 S, 55.5【deg】 E), 1,200 m (3,900 feet)

above sea level on March 16, 1952

1,166 mm (45.9 inches) at Baguio, Luzon, Phil.,

1,482 m (4,861 feet) above sea level on

July 15, 1911

Greatest fall in one hour:

305 mm (12.0 inches) at Holt, Mo., on June 22,

1907

Greatest fall in five minutes:

63 mm (2.48 inches) at Portobelo, Pan., on Nov.

29, 1911

Greatest fall in one minute:

31 mm (1.23 inches) at Unionville, Md., on July

4, 1956