Rain Climate Precip Table 2

Areas of Severe Thunderstorms, Critical Fire Weather, and HeatRisk for Monday

Isolated severe thunderstorms with locally damaging wind gusts and hail are possible Monday across parts of the Southeast U.S. Elevated to critical fire weather including gusty winds and low relative humidity is forecast Monday over much of the northern Great Plains. Above normal temperatures in the Southeast and Southwest U.S. will bring moderate to isolated major HeatRisk Monday. Read More >

Table 2. Maximum Expected Rainfall for the Memphis CWA (in inches). RETURN PERIOD RAIN 1 YR 2 YR 5 YR 10 YR 25 YR 50 YR 100 YR DURATION 3 Hour 1.80-2.20 2.25-2.50 2.75-3.25 3.00-3.50 3.50-4.00 4.00-4.50 4.25-5.00 6 Hour 2.25-2.50 2.75-3.00 3.30-3.75 3.75-4.25 4.25-5.00 4.75-5.50 5.00-6.00 12 Hour 2.75-3.00 3.25-3.75 3.75-4.50 4.30-5.25 4.75-6.00 5.50-6.50 6.00-7.50 24 Hour 3.10-3.50 3.50-4.25 4.50-5.30 5.00-6.00 5.75-7.00 6.50-7.75 7.00-8.50 Source: 'Rainfall Frequency Atlas of the United States', Technical Paper #40, Weather Bureau, May 1961.