Study of rainfall over Chittagong Coast during 1955

✍ Scribed by M. Rahmatullah

• Book ID: 104573338
• Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
• Year: 1963
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 231 KB
• Volume: 89
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0035-9009
• DOI: 10.1002/qj.49708937913

✦ Synopsis

Abstract

The rainfall distribution over Chittagong Coast for the year 1955 was studied to determine the importance of ‘heavy’ rainfall of 3 in. or more in the rainfall distribution curve. Chittagong City and Cox's Bazar were taken as representative stations for this study. In 1955, Chittagong City with an annual normal of 108 in., recorded 148 in. of rain. Cox's Bazar, on the other hand, with an annual normal of 140 in. had only 134 in. of rain. Out of the total of 99 rainy days during 1955, the number of heavy rainfall days in Chittagong was only 14, accounting for 57 per cent of the total rainfall of the year. In the case of Cox's Bazar, out of 108 rainy days during 1955, only 10 days recorded heavy rain of 3 in. or more, accounting for about 35 per cent of the total annual rainfall of the year. It was found that the ‘heavy’ rainfall curve is the most important feature determining the pattern of the rainfall distribution curve over Chittagong Coast.