Twenty Centimeters of Precipitation Fell in One Day on a Southern

question 27

Multiple Choice

Twenty centimeters of precipitation fell in one day on a southern city in the 100-years climatic records for this city.This rainfall event ranked fifth among all one day precipitation events for this city.The return period for this extreme rainfall event would be

• A)4 years.
• B)5 years.
• C)20 years.
• D)100 years.

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