Mary Baeck
Princeton University
| Subject Areas: | Hydrometeorology |
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ABSTRACT:
Digitized bucket survey rainfall observations for the 17–18 July 1942 Smethport, Pennsylvania storm, which produced the world-record 780 mm accumulation in 270 minutes. The data set contains 440 rainfall measurements from 358 sites, digitized from Table 2 of Eisenlohr (1952, USGS Water-Supply Paper). Each record includes site location, rainfall accumulation (inches and mm), accumulation type (storm total, lower bound from overflow, or partial-storm accumulation), observation times, hail reports and observer notes. The U.S. Weather Bureau isohyetal map of storm total rainfall is included. The data are described in Smith et al. (in press), Water Resources Research. See README.md for column definitions and conventions.
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Created: Oct. 7, 2026, 6:04 p.m.
Authors: Baeck, Mary
ABSTRACT:
Digitized bucket survey rainfall observations for the 17–18 July 1942 Smethport, Pennsylvania storm, which produced the world-record 780 mm accumulation in 270 minutes. The data set contains 440 rainfall measurements from 358 sites, digitized from Table 2 of Eisenlohr (1952, USGS Water-Supply Paper). Each record includes site location, rainfall accumulation (inches and mm), accumulation type (storm total, lower bound from overflow, or partial-storm accumulation), observation times, hail reports and observer notes. The U.S. Weather Bureau isohyetal map of storm total rainfall is included. The data are described in Smith et al. (in press), Water Resources Research. See README.md for column definitions and conventions.