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01-03-2019 14:05
The period October 2018 - February 2019 is the second rainiest hydrometeorological year since 1901
According to the preliminary data of the Department of Meteorology the cumulative area average precipitation during the period October 2018 - February 2019 was almost 620.8mm, or 165% of normal (normal is that of the climatological period: 1961-1990).
The cumulative precipitation was well above normal almost in all areas.
The cumulative precipitation of first five months of the hydrometeorological year 2018-2019 (namely October, November, December, January and February) rank it as the second rainest year since 1901 for the respective 5-month period.
A table with the top 10 most rainy 5-month period (October, November, December, January and February) with the respective Hydrometeorological year is shown below.
|
HYDROLOGICAL YEAR (OCT-FEB) |
OCT |
NOV |
DEC |
JAN |
FEB |
TOTAL OCT-FEB |
RANK |
|
1968/69 |
41.6 |
161.9 |
205.9 |
205.0 |
13.3 |
627.7 |
1 |
|
2018/19 |
57.2 |
48.7 |
178.3 |
197.3 |
139.3 |
620.8 |
2 |
|
1929/30 |
55.0 |
53.8 |
204.8 |
178.8 |
103.0 |
595.4 |
3 |
|
1934/35 |
33.5 |
19.5 |
252.1 |
159.9 |
127.9 |
592.9 |
4 |
|
1928/29 |
32.2 |
120.1 |
133.7 |
108.5 |
182.3 |
576.8 |
5 |
|
1911/12 |
25.3 |
36.6 |
292.9 |
128.9 |
88.7 |
572.4 |
6 |
|
1904/05 |
46.5 |
162.9 |
117.0 |
115.7 |
124.1 |
566.2 |
7 |
|
2011/12 |
14.5 |
80.5 |
117.2 |
238.4 |
99.4 |
550.0 |
8 |
|
1944/45 |
58.4 |
46.8 |
217.5 |
126.6 |
90.2 |
539.5 |
9 |
|
1961/62 |
63.5 |
25.7 |
235.3 |
77.5 |
130.3 |
532.3 |
10 |
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