Precipitation ##

2.14 The mass curve of rainfall in a storm of total duration 90 minutes is given below.
(a) Draw the hyetograph of the storm at 10 minutes time step. (b) Plot the Maximum
intensity-duration curve for this storm. (c) Plot the Maximum depth-duration curve for
the storm.

Time (Minutes) 0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90
Cumulative
rainfall (mm) 0 2.1 6.3 14.5 21.7 27.9 33.0 35.1 36.2 37.0

2.15 The record of annual rainfall at a place is available for 25 years. Plot the curve of recur-
rence interval vs annual rainfall magnitude and by suitable interpolation estimate the
magnitude of rainfall at the station that would correspond to a recurrence interval of (a)
50 years and (b) 100 years.

Year Annual Rainfall Year Annual Rainfall

(cm) (cm)
1950 113.0 1963 68.6
1951 94.5 1964 82.5
1952 76.0 1965 90.7
1953 87.5 1966 99.8
1954 92.7 1967 74.4
1955 71.3 1968 66.6
1956 77.3 1969 65.0
1957 85.1 1970 91.0
1958 122.8 1971 106.8
1959 69.4 1972 102.2
1960 81.0 1973 87.0
1961 94.5 1974 84.0
1962 86.3

2.16 The annual rainfall values at a station P for a period of 20 years are as follows:

Year Annual Rainfall Year Annual Rainfall

(cm) (cm)
1975 120.0 1985 101.0
1976 84.0 1986 109.0
1977 68.0 1987 106.0
1978 92.0 1988 115.0
1979 102.0 1989 95.0
1980 92.0 1990 90.0
1981 95.0 1991 70.0
1982 88.0 1992 89.0
1983 76.0 1993 80.0
1984 84.0 1994 90.0

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 at the station.
[Hint: If an event (rainfall magnitude in the present case) occurs more than once, the
rank m = number of times the event is equalled + number of times it is exceeded.]