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Top 5 highest 24-hour rainfall totals ever recorded

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The 5 highest 24-hour rainfall totals ever recorded by rainfall in a 24-hour period: Foc-Foc, Reunion (1966, Cyclone Denise), and more.

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  1. 1

    Foc-Foc, Reunion (1966, Cyclone Denise)

    1,825 mm

  2. 2

    Aurere, Reunion (1958)

    ~1,690 mm

  3. 3

    Cherrapunji, India (1995)

    ~1,563 mm

  4. 4

    Commerson, Reunion (2007, Cyclone Gamede)

    ~1,500 mm

  5. 5

    Cilaos, Reunion (1952)

    ~1,144 mm (12h record)