Unusual Precipitation Research Articles

An Analysis of Unusual Precipitation Records in Iowa

An Analysis of Unusual Precipitation Records in Iowa

The Weather of 1911

THE interesting question of Sir Edward Fry in NATURE of November 16 can be defined more precisely by the other question: Where did unusual precipitation occur in the European summer, 1911? I replied to this question, asked by the editor of Ciel et Terre, by pointing to the excessive rains of middle and northern China, Japan, and the Philippine Islands in the same summer, 1911. Indeed, the rains of Baguio (Luzon), July 14-17, established a record only comparable with the rains of Cherrapunji, June 12-16, 1874. Baguio received in four days 2239 mm.; Cherrapunj i in five days 2598 mm. More comparisons may be found in the Frankfurter Zeitung, December 8, ii., and, I hope, at an early date in Ciel et Terre. Here I emphasise the connection of these rains, especially in Hondo and Luzon, with typhoons, proved clearly for the latter island in the preliminary communication of P. Jos Coronas, assistant director of the Manila Observatory: Three typhoons, which caused heavy floods in Luzon.