List of wettest tropical cyclones

This is a list of the wettest tropical cyclones, listing all tropical cyclones known to have dropped at least 1,270 millimetres (50 in) of precipitation on a single location. Data is most complete for Australia, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Japan, Hong Kong, Mexico, Yap, Chuuk, and the United States, with fragmentary data available for other countries. The French region of Réunion holds several world records for tropical cyclone and worldwide rainfall due to rough topography of the island and its proximity to the Indian Ocean.[1]

Overall Wettest

Commerson Crater in Réunion, France has received over 5.5 metres of rain from tropical cyclones on at least two separate occasions.

Wettest tropical cyclones and their remnants on Earth
Highest-known totals

Precipitation			Storm	Location	Ref.
Rank	mm	in
1	6,433	253.3	Hyacinthe 1980	Commerson Crater, Réunion, France	[2]
2	5,512	217.0	Gamede 2007	Commerson Crater, Réunion, France	[3]
3	3,429	135.0	Nov. 1909 Hurricane	Silver Hill Plantation, Jamaica	[4]
4	3,060	120.5	Morakot 2009	Alishan, Chiayi, Taiwan	[5]
5	2,958	116.5	Diwa 2006	Grand-Ilet, Réunion, France	[3]
6	2,781	109.5	Fran 1976	Hiso, Japan	[6]
7	2,749	108.2	Carla 1967	Hsin-Liao, Taiwan	[4]
8	2,550	100.4	Flora 1963	Santiago de Cuba, Cuba	[7]
9	2,319	91.30	Nari 2001	Wulai, New Taipei, Taiwan	[8]
10	2,300	90.55	1968 Severe Cyclonic Storm	Pedong, West Bengal, India	[9]
11	2,210	87.01	July 1911 cyclone	Baguio City, Philippines	[4]
12	2,162	85.12	Flossie 1969	Beitou, Taipei, Taiwan	[5]
13	2,100	82.68	Namu 1986	Mount Popomanaseu, Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands	[10][nb 1]
14	2,000	78.74	Namtheum 2004	Kisawa, Japan	[11][nb 2]
15	1,987	78.23	Herb 1996	Alishan, Chiayi, Taiwan	[12]
16	1,947	76.65	Peter 1979	Mount Bellenden Ker, Australia	[13]
17	1,870	73.62	Rona–Frank 1999	Mount Bellenden Ker, Australia	[13]
18	1,854.3	73.00	Parma (Pepeng) 2009	Baguio City, Philippines	[14]
19	1,840	72.44	Severe Cyclonic Storm ARB 01 (2004)	Aminidivi, Lakshadweep, India	[15]
20	1,825	71.85	Denise 1966	Foc-Foc, Réunion, France	[2]
21	1,805.5	71.08	Talas 2011	Kamikitayama, Japan	[16]
22	1,774	69.84	Saola 2012	Yilan City, Taiwan	[17]
23	1,773	69.8	Pepiah 2007	Nam Đông, Vietnam	[18]
24	1,700	66.93	Lynn 1987	Taipei, Taiwan	[19]
25	1,672	65.83	Clara 1967	Dongshan, Yilan, Taiwan	[20]
26	1,611	63.43	Sinlaku 2008	Heping, Taichung, Taiwan	[21]
27	1,597	62.87	Mitch 1998	Picacho/Chinandega, Nicaragua	[22]
28	1,576	62.05	Wilma 2005	Quintana Roo, Mexico	[23]
29	1,561	61.46	Haitang 2005	Sandimen, Pingtung, Taiwan	[24]
30	1,538.7	60.58	Harvey 2017	Nederland, Texas, United States	[25]
31	1,546	60.87	Aere 2004	Miaoli County, Taiwan	[26]
32	1,518.9	59.80	Olive 1971	Ebino, Japan	[27]
33	1,500	59.06	Nakri 2014	Mount Halla, Jeju Island, South Korea	[28][nb 3]
34	1,447	56.97	Aletta 1982	Chinandega, Nicaragua	[29]
35	1,369	53.9	Tropical Depression 06W 2007	Hương Khê, Vietnam	[18]
36	1,360	53.54	Dina 2002	Bellecombe, Réunion, France	[30]
37	1,340	52.76	Depression Six (1961)	Cherrapunji, Meghalaya, India	[31]
38	1,322	52.05	Nabi 2005	Mikado, Japan	[32]
39	1,321.2	52.02	Lane 2018	Mountainview, Hawaii, United States	[33][34]
40	1,320.9	52.00	Hiki 1950	Kanalohuluhulu Ranger Station, Hawaii, United States	[35]
41	1,318	51.89	Wanda 1974	Mount Glorious, Australia	[36]
42	1,286	50.63	Kent 1992	Hidegadake, Japan	[37]
43	1,280	50.39	Nisha (2008)	Orathanadu, Tamil Nadu, India	[38][39][40]

Typhoon Morakot approaching Taiwan on August 7, 2009. Due to its rugged topography, Taiwan sees extreme rain from tropical cyclones, particularly in its central mountain range.

The heavy rains from Tropical Storm Talas triggered numerous landslides, such as this one in Kihō, across the mountainous terrain of Japan.

Flooding in Texas on August 31, 2017 from Hurricane Harvey. Harvey stalled over the state of Texas for two days due to high pressure ridges on both sides, resulting in massive flooding.

See also

• Extratropical cyclone
• List of the most intense tropical cyclones
• List of tropical cyclone records
• List of wettest tropical cyclones by country
• List of wettest tropical cyclones in the United States
• Tropical cyclone rainfall climatology
• Tropical cyclone rainfall forecasting
• Tropical cyclogenesis
• Wettest known locations

Notes

1. May have had a greater amount of precipitation.
2. May have had a greater amount of precipitation.
3. May have had a greater amount of precipitation.

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