Thiessen Polygon Method

Station Rainfall Area Percent of Area

(cm) (km2) Total Weighted
(%) Rainfall
(cm)
1 132 49.94 0.4908 0.64787
2 136 877.9132 8.6281 11.7343
3 93 56.25 0.5528 0.5141
4 81 1052.2667 10.341 8.3768
5 85 0 0 0
6 124 16.0274 0.1575 0.1953
7 156 1866.7644 18.346 28.6207
8 128 1981.4940 19.474 24.9269
9 102 2662.743 26.1694 26.6929
10 128 1611.6013 15.8388 20.2737
TOTAL 10175 121.9825

Average Annual Rainfall: 121.9825 cm

Isohyetal Method
Average
Percent
Rainfall Isohyetal Area Area Weighted
Station of Total
(cm) Rainfall (km2) Rainfall (cm)
(%)
(cm)
1 132 131 1692.904 27.3496 35.8279
2 136 0 0 0 0
3 93 91 607.793 9.8192 8.9354
4 81 81 500.1421 8.0800 6.5448
5 85 0 0 0 0
6 124 121 1527.0471 24.6701 29.8508
7 156 151 998.0522 16.1240 24.3471
8 128 0 0 0 0
9 102 101 863.934 13.9572 14.0968
10 128 0 0 0 0
TOTAL 6189.8724 100 119.6030

Average Annual Rainfall: 119.6030 cm

 There are 10 raingauge stations available to calculate the
rainfall characteristics of a catchment whose shape can be
approximately described by straight lines joining the following
coordinates (distances in kilometers): (30, 0), (80, 10), (110, 30),
(140, 90), (130, 115), (140, 110), (15, 60). Coordinates of the
raingauge stations and the annual rainfall recorded in them in the
year 1981 are given below.

STATION 1 2 3 4 5
CO- (0, 40) (50, 0) (140, 30) (140, 80) (90, 140)
ORDINATES
ANNUAL
RAINFALL 132 136 93 81 85
(CM)
STATION 6 7 8 9 10
CO- (0, 80) (40, 50) (90, 30) (90, 90) (40, 80)
ORDINATES
ANNUAL
RAINFALL 124 156 128 102 128
(CM)

Determine the average annual rainfall over the catchment by

(a) arithmetic mean method, (b) the thiessen polygon method, and
(c) the Isohyetal method.
AVERAGE ANNUAL RAINFALL OVER
A CATCHMENT AREA

Saint Louis University

Diaz, Quizhandrou Q.
Oraño, Joseph C.
Caluag, Donita May T.

Engr. Janice Kaye L. Aquino, MSCE

February 19, 2018