Large parts of Hungary received exceptionally heavy rainfall on Thursday, with several weather stations recording the equivalent of the country’s entire average November precipitation in just 24 hours. The downpours also brought a new national daily precipitation record.
Record amount of rain reached Hungary
According to Hungary’s national meteorological service, HungaroMet, more than 30 millimetres of downpour fell across extensive areas, while some locations in the north recorded over 50 millimetres. The average monthly precipitation for November is 48.6mm, meaning that several measuring stations reached or exceeded this amount in a single day.
Kékestető recorded 59.9mm in the 24-hour period, while both the Gerecse hills and Balassagyarmat received 55.9mm, according to data shared by HungaroMet.
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A month of precipitation in one day
The heaviest recorded downpour was in Tardos, in Komárom-Esztergom County, where 66mm fell on Thursday, 12 November. This set a new national daily precipitation record, surpassing the previous high of 61mm, measured in Letenye in 1997.
HungaroMet said several weather systems arriving from the west brought successive waves of rain to the Carpathian Basin. Rain initially affected mainly southern areas before the extensive precipitation zone associated with Cyclone Charles moved across the country, delivering widespread and substantial rainfall.
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