NOAA Atlas 14, Volume 11, Version 2

Location name:
Austin, Texas, USA*

Latitude:
30.2349°,
Longitude:
-97.7238°

Elevation:
490.76 ft**
* source: ESRI Maps

** source: USGS

POINT PRECIPITATION FREQUENCY ESTIMATES

Sanja Perica, Sandra Pavlovic, Michael St. Laurent, Carl Trypaluk, Dale Unruh, Orlan Wilhite

NOAA, National Weather Service, Silver Spring, Maryland

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PF tabular
PDS-based point precipitation frequency estimates with 90%
confidence intervals (in inches)1
Average recurrence interval (years)
Duration
1 2 5 10 25 50 100 200 500 1000
5-min 0.432 0.525 0.671 0.798 0.978 1.12 1.27 1.44 1.68 1.87
(0.327‑0.571) (0.399‑0.680) (0.511‑0.880) (0.599‑1.06) (0.711‑1.34) (0.794‑1.58) (0.879‑1.85) (0.968‑2.14) (1.09‑2.58) (1.18‑2.95)

10-min 0.686 0.835 1.07 1.27 1.56 1.79 2.04 2.29 2.65 2.93
(0.519‑0.906) (0.633‑1.08) (0.812‑1.40) (0.954‑1.69) (1.14‑2.15) (1.27‑2.54) (1.41‑2.95) (1.54‑3.41) (1.72‑4.08) (1.85‑4.63)

15-min 0.871 1.06 1.35 1.60 1.95 2.24 2.53 2.86 3.32 3.70
(0.660‑1.15) (0.801‑1.37) (1.02‑1.76) (1.20‑2.13) (1.42‑2.68) (1.58‑3.16) (1.75‑3.68) (1.92‑4.26) (2.16‑5.12) (2.34‑5.84)

30-min 1.24 1.50 1.91 2.25 2.75 3.13 3.54 4.01 4.68 5.24
(0.940‑1.64) (1.14‑1.95) (1.45‑2.50) (1.69‑3.00) (1.99‑3.76) (2.21‑4.41) (2.44‑5.13) (2.69‑5.97) (3.04‑7.22) (3.32‑8.28)

60-min 1.62 1.97 2.52 2.99 3.67 4.20 4.78 5.45 6.44 7.27
(1.23‑2.14) (1.49‑2.55) (1.91‑3.30) (2.24‑3.99) (2.66‑5.02) (2.97‑5.92) (3.29‑6.92) (3.66‑8.11) (4.18‑9.94) (4.60‑11.5)

2-hr 1.95 2.44 3.16 3.82 4.81 5.64 6.57 7.64 9.24 10.6
(1.49‑2.55) (1.84‑3.08) (2.41‑4.09) (2.89‑5.05) (3.53‑6.56) (4.02‑7.91) (4.56‑9.44) (5.16‑11.3) (6.02‑14.1) (6.73‑16.6)

3-hr 2.12 2.71 3.54 4.34 5.56 6.61 7.81 9.19 11.2 13.0
(1.63‑2.77) (2.04‑3.37) (2.72‑4.56) (3.30‑5.71) (4.11‑7.56) (4.74‑9.24) (5.44‑11.2) (6.22‑13.5) (7.34‑17.1) (8.27‑20.2)

6-hr 2.44 3.18 4.21 5.22 6.78 8.16 9.77 11.6 14.4 16.7
(1.89‑3.16) (2.40‑3.89) (3.26‑5.36) (4.00‑6.80) (5.06‑9.16) (5.91‑11.3) (6.84‑13.8) (7.89‑16.8) (9.42‑21.6) (10.7‑25.7)

12-hr 2.80 3.66 4.86 6.04 7.85 9.45 11.3 13.5 16.8 19.6
(2.18‑3.58) (2.78‑4.43) (3.80‑6.14) (4.67‑7.80) (5.89‑10.5) (6.88‑13.0) (7.97‑15.9) (9.21‑19.4) (11.0‑25.0) (12.6‑29.8)

24-hr 3.18 4.16 5.53 6.85 8.89 10.7 12.7 15.1 18.8 22.0
(2.51‑4.04) (3.20‑5.01) (4.36‑6.93) (5.35‑8.79) (6.71‑11.8) (7.80‑14.5) (9.01‑17.7) (10.4‑21.5) (12.4‑27.8) (14.2‑33.2)

2-day 3.60 4.67 6.22 7.68 9.88 11.8 13.9 16.5 20.5 23.9
(2.86‑4.53) (3.65‑5.62) (4.95‑7.73) (6.04‑9.76) (7.50‑12.9) (8.65‑15.8) (9.93‑19.2) (11.4‑23.3) (13.6‑29.9) (15.5‑35.7)

3-day 3.89 5.02 6.68 8.22 10.5 12.5 14.7 17.3 21.4 24.8
(3.11‑4.88) (3.96‑6.04) (5.35‑8.27) (6.50‑10.4) (8.02‑13.7) (9.20‑16.7) (10.5‑20.1) (12.0‑24.3) (14.2‑31.0) (16.1‑36.9)

4-day 4.14 5.31 7.05 8.65 11.0 13.0 15.3 18.0 22.0 25.4
(3.32‑5.17) (4.22‑6.38) (5.67‑8.70) (6.87‑10.9) (8.44‑14.3) (9.65‑17.4) (11.0‑20.8) (12.5‑25.1) (14.7‑31.8) (16.5‑37.5)

7-day 4.72 5.99 7.89 9.62 12.2 14.3 16.6 19.3 23.1 26.3
(3.82‑5.86) (4.81‑7.18) (6.40‑9.68) (7.69‑12.0) (9.38‑15.7) (10.7‑18.9) (12.0‑22.5) (13.5‑26.7) (15.5‑33.1) (17.1‑38.5)

10-day 5.23 6.56 8.58 10.4 13.0 15.2 17.6 20.2 23.9 27.0
(4.25‑6.45) (5.31‑7.86) (7.00‑10.5) (8.35‑12.9) (10.1‑16.7) (11.4‑20.1) (12.7‑23.7) (14.2‑27.9) (16.1‑34.1) (17.6‑39.3)

20-day 6.84 8.29 10.6 12.6 15.3 17.5 19.7 22.2 25.6 28.4
(5.61‑8.37) (6.85‑9.99) (8.76‑12.9) (10.2‑15.5) (11.9‑19.4) (13.1‑22.7) (14.4‑26.3) (15.6‑30.3) (17.3‑36.1) (18.6‑41.0)

30-day 8.18 9.72 12.3 14.4 17.2 19.3 21.4 23.8 27.1 29.7
(6.75‑9.96) (8.14‑11.8) (10.2‑14.9) (11.7‑17.6) (13.4‑21.6) (14.5‑24.9) (15.7‑28.4) (16.8‑32.3) (18.3‑37.9) (19.4‑42.5)

45-day 10.1 11.8 14.6 16.9 20.0 22.2 24.4 26.6 29.6 32.0
(8.34‑12.2) (9.94‑14.2) (12.3‑17.7) (13.9‑20.7) (15.6‑25.0) (16.8‑28.5) (17.9‑32.1) (18.9‑35.9) (20.1‑41.2) (21.0‑45.5)

60-day 11.7 13.6 16.8 19.3 22.5 24.9 27.1 29.3 32.1 34.2
(9.77‑14.2) (11.5‑16.4) (14.1‑20.2) (15.9‑23.4) (17.7‑28.1) (18.9‑31.8) (19.9‑35.5) (20.8‑39.4) (21.9‑44.5) (22.5‑48.4)
1 Precipitation frequency (PF) estimates in
this table are based on frequency analysis of partial duration series (PDS).
Numbers in parenthesis are PF estimates at lower and upper bounds of the 90%
confidence interval. The probability that precipitation frequency
estimates (for a given duration and average recurrence interval) will be greater
than the upper bound (or less than the lower bound) is 5%. Estimates
at upper
bounds are not checked against probable maximum precipitation (PMP) estimates
and may be higher than currently valid PMP values.
Please refer to NOAA Atlas 14 document for more information.
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