Western Regional Climate Center

Precipitation-Frequency Duration



  STATION NUMBER 290234
 LOCATION : Albuquerque, NM               
 ELEMENT : PRECIP   UNITS : .01 'S INCHES 
 For periods that START in the year as defined.
 The date is the START of the interval.
 DURATION :   1 DAY(S).    START MONTH :   1
 Year    Value   Start Date   No. Missing
                   (mmdd)        Days 
 ---- --------  ---------        ----
 1931    0.950      0923            0
 1932    1.020      0510            0
 1933    1.910      0617            0
 1934    0.760      0826            0
 1935    0.040      0101          365
 1936    1.190      0926            0
 1937    0.960      0626            0
 1938    0.920      0901            0
 1939    0.000      0101          365
 1940    0.980      0522            0
 1941    0.980      0711            0
 1942    0.840      0910            0
 1943    0.880      0719            0
 1944    0.640      0818           60
 1945    0.750      0726            0
 1946    1.130      0719            0
 1947    0.440      0904            0
 1948    0.510      0925           22
 1949    0.920      0709            6
 1950    0.400      0720            0
 1951    0.640      0824            0
 1952    1.610      0602            3
 1953    0.520      0423            1
 1954    0.390      0723            3
 1955    1.920      0924            0
 1956    0.580      0718            0
 1957    1.010      1012            0
 1958    0.810      1229            0
 1959    1.110      0815            0
 1960    1.300      1015            0
 1961    1.640      0708            0
 1962    0.870      0125            0
 1963    1.000      0810            0
 1964    0.880      0727            0
 1965    0.720      0726            0
 1966    0.760      0627            0
 1967    1.030      0812            0
 1968    0.950      0731            0
 1969    1.740      1022            0
 1970    0.980      0808            0
 1971    0.530      1024            0
 1972    0.950      0818            0
 1973    1.080      0613            0
 1974    0.950      0920            0
 1975    0.650      0812            0
 1976    0.570      0629            0
 1977    0.750      1006            0
 1978    0.930      0629            0
 1979    0.850      0520            0
 1980    1.750      0814            0
 1981    1.130      1002            0
 1982    0.480      0918            0
 1983    1.040      0624            0
 1984    1.250      1015            0
 1985    1.170      0428            0
 1986    0.940      0810            0
 1987    0.740      0810            0
 1988    1.390      0809            0
 1989    0.550      1004            0
 1990    1.120      0714            0
 1991    1.410      1115            0
 1992    0.810      0811            0
 1993    0.880      0829            0
 1994    1.450      0814            0
 1995    0.900      0907            0
 1996    0.900      0626            0
 1997    1.150      0822            0
 1998    1.450      0315          245


  MEAN     0.95
  S.D.     0.38
  C.V.     0.41
  SKEW     0.34
  MIN      0.00
  MAX      1.92
  YRS     68.


  STATION NUMBER 290234
 LOCATION : Albuquerque, NM               
 ELEMENT : PRECIP   UNITS : .01 'S INCHES 
 DURATION :   1 DAY(S).    START MONTH :   1
 AVERAGE =    0.948   ST DEV =  0.385   SKEWNESS =  0.343
 ADJUSTMENT OF 1.00 APPLIED FOR CLOCK EFFECTS
 USES OBSERVATION DAYS ONLY

   Prob of    Prob of       Return     Value in       Value in 
 Nonxceednce Exceedance Interval (yr)  Std. Dev.    Absolute units
 ----------- ---------- ------------- ------------- -----------------

 PN = 0.0001 P = 0.9999 T =    1.0001 PSD =  -3.014 VALUE =    -0.21"
 PN = 0.0002 P = 0.9998 T =    1.0002 PSD =  -2.945 VALUE =    -0.19"
 PN = 0.0003 P = 0.9997 T =    1.0003 PSD =  -2.877 VALUE =    -0.16"
 PN = 0.0004 P = 0.9996 T =    1.0004 PSD =  -2.809 VALUE =    -0.13"
 PN = 0.0005 P = 0.9995 T =    1.0005 PSD =  -2.741 VALUE =    -0.11"
 PN = 0.0010 P = 0.9990 T =    1.0010 PSD =  -2.609 VALUE =    -0.06"
 PN = 0.0020 P = 0.9980 T =    1.0020 PSD =  -2.520 VALUE =    -0.02"
 PN = 0.0025 P = 0.9975 T =    1.0025 PSD =  -2.475 VALUE =     0.00"
 PN = 0.0033 P = 0.9967 T =    1.0033 PSD =  -2.403 VALUE =     0.02"
 PN = 0.0040 P = 0.9960 T =    1.0040 PSD =  -2.341 VALUE =     0.05"
 PN = 0.0050 P = 0.9950 T =    1.0050 PSD =  -2.251 VALUE =     0.08"
 PN = 0.0100 P = 0.9900 T =    1.0101 PSD =  -2.070 VALUE =     0.15"
 PN = 0.0200 P = 0.9800 T =    1.0204 PSD =  -1.864 VALUE =     0.23"
 PN = 0.0250 P = 0.9750 T =    1.0256 PSD =  -1.788 VALUE =     0.26"
 PN = 0.0333 P = 0.9667 T =    1.0344 PSD =  -1.699 VALUE =     0.29"
 PN = 0.0400 P = 0.9600 T =    1.0417 PSD =  -1.627 VALUE =     0.32"
 PN = 0.0500 P = 0.9500 T =    1.0526 PSD =  -1.543 VALUE =     0.35"
 PN = 0.1000 P = 0.9000 T =    1.1111 PSD =  -1.241 VALUE =     0.47"
 PN = 0.2000 P = 0.8000 T =    1.2500 PSD =  -0.854 VALUE =     0.62"
 PN = 0.2500 P = 0.7500 T =    1.3333 PSD =  -0.709 VALUE =     0.67"
 PN = 0.3000 P = 0.7000 T =    1.4286 PSD =  -0.564 VALUE =     0.73"
 PN = 0.3333 P = 0.6667 T =    1.4999 PSD =  -0.478 VALUE =     0.76"
 PN = 0.4000 P = 0.6000 T =    1.6667 PSD =  -0.304 VALUE =     0.83"
 PN = 0.5000 P = 0.5000 T =    2.0000 PSD =  -0.059 VALUE =     0.93"
 PN = 0.6000 P = 0.4000 T =    2.5000 PSD =   0.201 VALUE =     1.03"
 PN = 0.7000 P = 0.3000 T =    3.3333 PSD =   0.481 VALUE =     1.13"
 PN = 0.7500 P = 0.2500 T =    4.0000 PSD =   0.651 VALUE =     1.20"
 PN = 0.8000 P = 0.2000 T =    5.0000 PSD =   0.820 VALUE =     1.26"
 PN = 0.8333 P = 0.1667 T =    5.9988 PSD =   0.985 VALUE =     1.33"
 PN = 0.8750 P = 0.1250 T =    8.0000 PSD =   1.191 VALUE =     1.41"
 PN = 0.9000 P = 0.1000 T =   10.0000 PSD =   1.314 VALUE =     1.45"
 PN = 0.9500 P = 0.0500 T =   20.0000 PSD =   1.739 VALUE =     1.62"
 PN = 0.9600 P = 0.0400 T =   25.0000 PSD =   1.863 VALUE =     1.66"
 PN = 0.9666 P = 0.0334 T =   29.9401 PSD =   1.975 VALUE =     1.71"
 PN = 0.9750 P = 0.0250 T =   40.0000 PSD =   2.117 VALUE =     1.76"
 PN = 0.9800 P = 0.0200 T =   50.0000 PSD =   2.232 VALUE =     1.81"
 PN = 0.9900 P = 0.0100 T =  100.0001 PSD =   2.570 VALUE =     1.94"
 PN = 0.9950 P = 0.0050 T =  200.0002 PSD =   2.899 VALUE =     2.06"
 PN = 0.9960 P = 0.0040 T =  249.9995 PSD =   3.070 VALUE =     2.13"
 PN = 0.9966 P = 0.0034 T =  294.1152 PSD =   3.173 VALUE =     2.17"
 PN = 0.9975 P = 0.0025 T =  400.0004 PSD =   3.328 VALUE =     2.23"
 PN = 0.9980 P = 0.0020 T =  500.0064 PSD =   3.413 VALUE =     2.26"
 PN = 0.9990 P = 0.0010 T = 1000.0129 PSD =   3.585 VALUE =     2.33"
 PN = 0.9995 P = 0.0005 T = 1999.9065 PSD =   3.863 VALUE =     2.43"
 PN = 0.9996 P = 0.0004 T = 2499.9578 PSD =   4.015 VALUE =     2.49"
 PN = 0.9998 P = 0.0002 T = 5000.6606 PSD =   4.318 VALUE =     2.61"
 PN = 0.9999 P = 0.0001 T = 9998.3408 PSD =   4.469 VALUE =     2.67"

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Western Regional Climate Center,
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phone: 775-674-7010
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