RAMOS, DIVINA RHEA A.
December 6, 2023
ABE – 3B
Hydrometeorology – Rainfall Data Analysis
Assignment #1
1. The record of annual rainfall at a place is available for 25 years. Plot the curve of recurrence
interval vs annual rainfall magnitude and by suitable interpolation, estimate the magnitude of
rainfall at the station that would correspond to a recurrence interval (a) 50 years (b) 100 years.
Year m (Rank) Annual Rainfall Probability Return Period
(P= (m/n+1)) (T= n+1/m)
1958 1 122.8 0.038 26.000
1950 2 113 0.056 13.000
1971 3 106.8 0.083 8.667
1972 4 102.2 0.111 6.500
1966 5 99.8 0.139 5.200
1951 6 94.5 0.167 4.333
1961 7 94.5 0.194 3.714
1954 8 92.7 0.222 3.250
1970 9 91 0.250 2.889
1965 10 90.7 0.278 2.600
1953 11 87.5 0.306 2.364
1973 12 87 0.333 2.167
1962 13 86.3 0.361 2.000
1957 14 85.1 0.389 1.857
1974 15 84 0.417 1.733
1964 16 82.5 0.444 1.625
1960 17 81 0.472 1.529
1956 18 77.3 0.500 1.444
1952 19 76 0.528 1.368
1967 20 74.4 0.556 1.300
1955 21 71.3 0.583 1.238
1959 22 69.4 0.611 1.182
1963 23 68.6 0.639 1.130
1968 24 66.6 0.667 1.083
1969 25 65 0.694 1.040
RAMOS, DIVINA RHEA A. December 6, 2023
ABE – 3B
Hydrometeorology – Rainfall Data Analysis
Assignment #1
Curve of Recurrence Interval vs. Annual Rainfall
140
120
100
Rainfall (cm)
80
60
40
20
0
1.000 10.000 100.000
Recurrence Interval
2. The annual rainfall values at a station P for a period of 20 years are as follows:
Determine (a) the value of annual rainfall at P with a recurrence interval of 15 years? (b) the
probability of occurrence of an annual rainfall of magnitude 100 cm at station P. (c) 75% dependable
annual rainfall of the station.
Year m (Rank) Annual Rainfall Probability Return Period
(P= (m/n+1)) (T= n+1/m)
RAMOS, DIVINA RHEA A. December 6, 2023
ABE – 3B
Hydrometeorology – Rainfall Data Analysis
Assignment #1
Curve of Recurrence Interval vs. Annual Rainfall
140
120 f(x) = 16.1885667755941 ln(x) + 77.2811929201622
R² = 0.909477788301996
100
80
60
40
20
0
1.000 10.000 100.000