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The average recurrence interval of this rainfall event was estimated at more than 100 years. [10] 14–16 February 2004: The Valentine's Day storms left hundreds of people homeless, and silt and floodwaters inundated considerable areas of farmland. Many rivers breached their banks, bridges were damaged and stock was swept away by floodwaters.
Climate charts provide an overview of the climate in a particular place. The letters in the top row stand for months: January, February, etc. The bars and numbers convey the following information: The blue bars represent the average amount of precipitation (rain, snow etc.) that falls in each month. The blue numbers are the amount of ...
Christchurch City covers a land area of 1,415.15 km 2 (546.39 sq mi) [179] and had an estimated population of 415,100 as of June 2024, [5] with a population density of 293 people per km 2. This is the second-most populous area administered by a single council in New Zealand, and the largest city in the South Island .
Rainfall rates downwind of cities are increased between 48% and 116%. Partly as a result of this warming, monthly rainfall is about 28% greater between 20 miles (32 km) to 40 miles (64 km) downwind of cities, compared with upwind. [66] Some cities show a total precipitation increase of 51%. [67]
Within the stations, all of them have at least 10 years of data, 2/5 have more than 50 years of data, and 1/10 have 100 years of data. [3] Version 1, or more commonly notated as V1 was the collection of monthly mean temperatures from 6,000 stations. There were, as of 2022, 3 subsequent versions of the GHCN – M have been created as described ...
Average monthly precipitation (in mm) for selected cities in Asia ; City Country Year Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Ref. Mawsynram: India: 133.0 8.3 15.7 27.4 29.8 26.0 5.7
The country has ranked highly on a medals-to-population ratio at recent Games. [437] [438] [439] The All Blacks, the national rugby union team, are the most successful in the history of international rugby. [440] They have won the Rugby World Cup three times. [441] New Zealand is ranked 5th in the ICC Men's Test Team Rankings 2025 with a rating ...
To find the depth of a rainfall of duration D and return period T at a given location in the UK, the following should be carried out: Find M5-60 minutes rainfall depth and "r" for the location using FSR maps. Divide this rainfall depth by "r" to get the M5-2 days depth. Multiply the M5-2 days depth by factor Z1 to find the M5-D depth.