University of Duhok

College of Engineering

Water Resources Engineering

Homework - 1
Frequency of Return period

Student Name: Ammar Mohammad Abdullah

Stage: 3
Course: Hydrology Tutorials
Instructor: Zahraa Mahmood Klari
Q-the record of annual rainfall at station A covering a period of
22 years is given below: (a) Estimate the annual rainfall with
return period of 10 years and 50 years, (b) What would be the
probability of an annual rainfall of magnitude equal to or
exceeding 100 cm occurring at station A?
Solution:

Annual Annual Return

Probability Return m Probability
m Rainfall Rainfall
m period m period
rank p= rank p=
(cm) N +1 T=1/p (cm) N +1
T=1/p
1 160 0.043 23.00 12 90 0.522 1.92
2 143 0.087 11.50 13 89 ---- ----
3 130 0.130 7.67 14 89 0.609 1.64
4 125 0.174 5.75 15 85 0.652 1.53
5 120 0.217 4.60 16 8.4 0.696 1.44
6 112 0.261 3.83 17 8.3 0.739 1.35
7 108 0.304 3.29 18 8.0 0.783 1.28
8 106 0.348 2.88 19 7.8 0.826 1.21
9 102 0.391 2.56 20 7.6 0.870 1.15
10 96 0.435 2.30 21 7.5 0.913 1.10
11 95 0.478 2.09 22 6.0 0.957 1.05
From The figure below:
• For the return period=10 year, The rainfall magnitude= 139 cm
• For the return period=50 year, The rainfall magnitude=184 cm
• For rainfall = 100 cm , T= 2.58 years ,
P = 1/2.58 =0.3876
 The rainfall magnitude(m)

Return period T in years