Weather records
This is a list of weather records describing the most extreme occurrences of various meteorological phenomena. However, they only represent the highest and lowest actually measured occurrences of these phenomena. Before the invention of modern meteorological instruments, these could possibly have been higher or lower.
temperature
Precipitation
rain
Positive records
Time interval | Amount (mm) | place | year |
---|---|---|---|
1 minute | 38 | Barot, Guadeloupe | 1970 |
1 hour | 401 | Shangdi, China | 1947 |
12 hours | 1,340 | Belouve, Reunion | 1964 |
24 hours | 1,870 | Cilaos, Reunion | 1952 |
72 hours | 3,929 | Cratere Commerson, Reunion | 2007 |
1 week | 5,003 | Commerson, Reunion | 1980 |
1 month | 9,300 | Cherrapunji , India | July 1861 |
12 months | 26,461 | Cherrapunji , India | 08 / 1860-07 / 1861 |
Negative records
Time interval | Amount (mm) | place | year |
---|---|---|---|
14.4 years (173 months) | 0 | Arica , Chile | Oct / 1903 – Jan / 1918 |
19 years (228 months) | 0 | Wadi Halfa , Sudan |
snow
- Master of snow in one year: 31.1 m: Mount Rainier , Washington , USA February 19, 1971 to February 18, 1972
- largest snowflake: 38 cm in diameter; Fort Keough , Montana , USA, January 28, 1887
hail
- The largest hailstone ever recorded on the North American continent was found in the US state of South Dakota. According to the official data of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration , the largest hailstone had a diameter of 20.32 and a circumference of 47.29 centimeters, its weight was 875 grams.
Other types of storms
Tornadoes
The deadliest tornadoes
Territory of the record | Location of the tornado | date | Deaths |
---|---|---|---|
Asia | Manikganj , Bangladesh | April 26, 1989 | 1361 |
North America | Missouri , Illinois , Indiana ( Tri-State Tornado ) | March 18, 1925 | 695 |
Europe | Valletta , Malta | September 23, 1551 | 600 or more |
Lightning bolts
- In some parts of Central Africa, especially in the Republic of the Congo , more than 70 lightning bolts strike one square kilometer every year.
Others
UV radiation
The highest UV radiation ever recorded was measured in 2003 in the Bolivian Andes with a UV index of 43.3.
See also
Individual evidence
- ↑ Weather records worldwide - Wetterdienst.de . In: Wetterdienst.de . ( wetterdienst.de [accessed October 30, 2018]).
- ↑ Weather hazards - early warning. Retrieved October 30, 2018 .
- ^ A b WMO - World Meteorological Organization: Annual Report of the World Meteorological Organization 1994. 1995, ISBN 92-63-10824-2 .
- ↑ Precipitation . University of Freiburg. Archived from the original on February 18, 2009. Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved January 29, 2009.
- ↑ Weather records . Wupper Association. Archived from the original on November 8, 2009. Retrieved January 29, 2009.
- ^ Walter Lyon (1997): The Handy Weather Answer Book . Visible Ink press, Detroit 1997, ISBN 0-7876-1034-8 .
- ↑ http://www.n-tv.de/wissen/Forscher-messen-UV-Strahlungsrekord-article13168076.html