Table 2.

1 Rainfall Intensity I Duration I Frequency

intensity (Vslha)
Duntion 50-Year
2-Y.ar 6-Year 90-Year 26-Year 100-Year
Return R-rn Return R a m Return R a M
Period Period Period Period Period Pedod

5 129.4 209.5 257.9 314.0 352.4 387.9

6 123.5 200.1 246.8 301-7 339.6 375.0

7 117.8 190.7 235.8 289.3 328.8 362.1

8 111.8 181.5 225.1 277.5 314.5 3.48.8

Q 106.3 172.9 215.1 266.4 303.1 338.4

10 101.1 164.8 205.8 256.2 292.7 328.2

11 96.3 157.6 197.5 247.2 283.8 319.4

12 92.0 152.O 190.0 238.2 275.7 311.9

13 88.0 145.1 183.2 232.0 268.6 305.2

14 - 84.3 139.5 1n.o 225.3 282.0 299.1

15 80.9 134.4 171.7 219.0 255.8 293.4

18 77.8 129.8 165.5 212.9 249.7 287.6

77 75.0 125.0 160.2 207.4 243.8 281.9

18 72.4 120.8 155.2 201.§ 238.1 276.4

19 70.0 116.8 150.5 198.3 232.8 271.3

20 67.9 113.3 146.2 191.5 227.9 266.6

21 65.9 110.1 142.4 187.2 223.5 262.4

22 64.1 107.2 139.0 183.3 219.6 258.7

23 62.4 104.5 t 35.8 179.7 215.9 255.2

24 60.8 101-9 132.7 17B.4 212.5 251.3

25 59.3 99.5 129.8 173.1 209.2 247.7

26 57.7 97.0 126.9 169.8 205.9 244.8

 Dun'0n
2-ye.r 5-Year 10-Year 26-Year SO-Year 100-Year
Return Return Return Return Retwrn Redurn
Period Period Period Period Period Period

27 56.2 94.6 124.0 166.8 202.6 241.2

28
92.2 121.2 54.7
163.4 199.4 238.3
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29 53.3 90.0 118.5 160.3 196.2 234.7

30 52.0 87.9 116.0 157.4 193.1 231 .I

- - - 31 50.9 86.0 113.7 154.7 190.2 228.2
:

3 -- 32 49.9 84.3 111.6 152.0 t 87.3 225.0

h . .A
33 49.0 82.7 109.5 149.5 184.4 221.8

7.1 c 34 48.1 81.2 107.6 147.1 181.7 218.9

I I
4
, 35 47.3 79.7 105.7 144.7 178.9 216.0

. .-
.>.
- 38 46.4 78.3 103.8 142.3 176.2 213.1

37 45.6 76.8 102.0 140.0 173.4 210.2

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!, s.:> ; 38 44.7 75.4 100.1 137.6 170.7 207.4

4 :P. 30 43.9 73.9 98.2 135.2 168.0 204.8

A .

40 43.0 72.4 96.3 132.8 165.2 202.3

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I.:
41 42.2 71.0 94.4 130.4 162.5 199.4

42 41.4 69.6 92.6 128.1 159.9 196.9

.I ..a. 43 40.6 68.2 90.9 f26.0 157.4 1M.7

I - - & -
14 . 44 40.0 67.2 89.6 124.2 155.4 192.2

45 39.3 66.1 88.2 122.5 153.5 790.0

50 37.0 62.4 83.5 110.5 146.3 181.5

80 331 56.2 75.6 106.1 133.9 166.9

- -
70
-
29.7
-
50.8
-
08.6
-
98.8
-
122.8
-
153.5

,. r ,.L
-.
-
80 26.8 46.0 62.3 88.2 112.1 140.7

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Intensity (Ilslha)
Duration
(mins) SO-Year f 00-Year
Return Return
Period Period Period
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90 24.5 42.2 57.3 81.3 103.5 130.2

100 22.6 38.8 52.6 74.8 95.3 f20,l

I10 20.8 35.7 48.4 68.9 87.8 110.7

-
120 19.3 33.0 44.7 63.6 81.1 102.3

130 18.0 30.8 41-7 59.2 75.5 95.2

140 16.8 28.6 38.6 54.8 69.9 88.1

150 16.0 27.0 36.4 51.6 65.8 82.9

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160 15.1 25.5 34.4 48.7 62.0 78.1

170
59.9 75.3 14.7 24.7 33.3 47.0
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f 80 14.0 23.5 31.7 44.7 56.9 71.5
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For local roads in residential areas, a minimum storm duration of 15 minutes should
be used. Storm durations for other areas should be agreed with MPW early on in
the design process.
The design storm frequency, or return period, should be selected according to the
importance of the road, expected traffic volumes, anticipated development in the
area and the potential for damage to adjacent facilities. For highway drainage
systems,the frequencies are as follows:

Road Classification Design Frequency (yr)

Special Road Network 0
Primary Road Network 10
Secondary Road Network 10
Local Road Network 5

Atypical situations may require further consideration. The drainage of a depressed

roadway, for example, may warrant a higher design frequency than that of an at-
grade roadway.