RAINFALL ANALYSIS FOR DRAINAGE DESIGN. VOLUME II. LONG-DURATION PRECIPITATION FREQUENCY DATA

This report is an analysis of depth-duration-frequency of precipitation in California and contains the annual series extreme values from about 30 rain gage networks in California. A statistical analysis of each record is available, giving 12 return periods ranging from 2 to 10,000 years and durations of 5 minutes to 60 days, including the annual total precipitation. Methods of interstation interpolation are given. Hourly precipitation records of the National Weather Service were reevaluated to develop 5-, 10-, 15- and 30-minute extreme data. This volume reports depth-duration-frequency analysis of precipitation with durations of one day to 60 days from 900 nonrecording rain gages. The data contained in this report are intended for use in runoff computation using procedures such as the rational method or the unit hydrograph method.

• Supplemental Notes:
  • Prepared in cooperation with California State Dept. of Transportation, Sacramento. See also Volume 1, PB-265 000. Also available in set of 3 reports PC E15, PB-264 999-SET.
• Corporate Authors:

  California Department of Water Resources

  1416 Ninth Street
  Sacramento, CA  United States  95814

  California Department of Transportation

  1120 N Street
  Sacramento, CA  United States  95814

  Federal Highway Administration

  1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE
  Washington, DC  United States  20590
• Authors:
  • Goodridge, J D
• Publication Date: 1976-10

Media Info

• Pagination: 396 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Data tables; Depth; Design; Drainage; Frequency distributions; Hazards; Highways; Hydrology; Interpolation; Kurtosis; Maps; Precipitation; Rain gauges; Rainfall; Risk assessment; Runoff; Safety; Skewed structures; Slopes; Statistical analysis; Surface drainage; Unit hydrographs
• Uncontrolled Terms: Coefficient of variation; Rainfall intensity; Skewness
• Geographic Terms: California
• Old TRIS Terms: Highway drainage; Precipitation
• Subject Areas: Data and Information Technology; Design; Highways; Hydraulics and Hydrology; Safety and Human Factors;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00154005
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: National Technical Information Service
• Report/Paper Numbers: Bull-195-Vol-2 Final Rpt., FHWA/CA-76/195-Vol-2
• Files: NTIS, TRIS, USDOT, STATEDOT
• Created Date: Jun 17 1977 12:00AM