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SELECTED PRECIPITATION RECORDS |
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| Record for | Item | Amount | Location |
| The World | Greatest Annual Rainfall Total | 2647 cm (1042 in.) | Cherrapunji, India, August 1, 1860 - July 31, 1861 |
| Greatest Annual Average Rainfall | 1168 cm (460 in.) | Mt. Waialeale, Hawaii | |
| Greatest One-month Rainfall Total | 930 cm (366 in.) | Cherrapunji, India, July 1861 | |
| Greatest 12-hour Rainfall Total | 135 cm (53 in.) | Belouve, La Reunion Island, February 28,1964 | |
| Lowest Annual Average Rainfall | .08 cm (0.03 in.) | Arica, Chile | |
| Northern Hemisphere | Lowest Annual Average Rainfall | 3 cm (1.2 in.) | Bataques, Mexico |
| United States | Greatest Annual Snowfall | 2896 cm (1140 in.) | Mt. Baker ski area, Washington, 1998 |
| Greatest One-month Snowfall | 991 cm (390 in.) | Tamarack, California, January, 1911 | |
| Greatest 24-hour Snowfall | 193 cm (76 in.) | Silverlake, Colorado, April 14-15, 1921 | |
| Greatest 24-hour Rainfall | 109 cm (43 in.) | Alvin, Texas July 25, 1979 | |
| Greatest 42-minute Rainfall | 30 cm (12 in.) | Holt, Missouri, June 22, 1947 | |
| Greatest 1-minute Rainfall | 3 cm (1.2 in.) | Unionville, Maryland, July 4, 1956 | |
| Longest Period with no Measureable Precipitation | 993 days | Bagdad, California August 1909 to May 1912 | |
| Utah | Greatest Annual Rainfall | 249.9 cm (98.37 in.) | Alta, October 1983-September 1984 |
| Greatest Annual Snowfall | 2054 cm (808.5 in.) | Alta, September 1983-June, 1984 | |
| Greatest 24-hour Rainfall | 21.34 cm (8.40 in.) | North Ogden, September 7-8, 1991 | |
| Greatest 24-hour Snowfall | 141 cm (55.5 in.) | Alta, January 5-6, 1994 | |