Osage County
Can you explain what this text reads?
"Two different weather records were set in Wichita Falls on June 5. In 1928, the temperature dropped to a chilly morning low of 50 degrees, which is a record low for the entire month. The greatest calendar day rainfall ever recorded, 5.36 inches, fell on June 5, 1985.
On this date in 1991, severe thunderstorms dumped five to seven inches of rain in less than five hours over parts of Osage County. The hardest hit area was between Pawhuska and Shidler. Highway 60 west of Pawhuska was closed, and a few people were forced to evacuate their homes in Pawhuska."
taken from http://www.srh.noaa.gov/ search on June 5 1985... that is what came up. Does it mean the record set on that date was changed by the storm in 1991? If you know the U.S. record for rainfall up to date will you please post it.
Rainfall is given as millimeter (or inches, in your country) per hour, day, month or year.
In your text, it says for 1985, 5.36 inches and if we have to assume that it is for 24 hours, it gives 5.6 mm per hour, which is heavy rain, but nothing exceptional.
For 1991, if we take six inches per five hour, that gives 30 mm per hour and that is an exceptional very heavy rain only encountered in places with extreme climate.
The question then is: is the data for 1985 given for 24 hours, 12 hours ... per hour? It doesn't say. If it is hourly, it would give 136 mm per hour and that must certainly be a world record! Which I don't think it is the case.
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