What is the rainfall to be considered as a rainstorm?

Light rain refers to rain in which the precipitation does not exceed10mm within 24 hours, ranging from 5mm to16.9mm,10mm to 24.9mm, moderate to heavy rain to17mm to 37.9mm, and heavy rain to rainstorm to 38mm. If the rainfall exceeds 50mm within 24 hours, then. If it exceeds 100 mm, it is called a torrential rain; If it exceeds 250 mm, it is called rainstorm.

Extended data:

The weather forecast calls rain and snow precipitation, and the amount of precipitation is called precipitation. The unit of precipitation is usually millimeters. 1mm precipitation refers to the water depth per unit area1mm.

1mm How much precipitation falls into the fields? The area per mu is 666.7m2, so the precipitation of 1mm is equivalent to an increase of 0.667m3 of water per mu. Every cubic meter of water is 1000 kg, so the precipitation of 1 mm is equivalent to watering about 650 kg of water per mu. According to the measurement, the rainfall of 5 mm can make the dry land soak 3 cm to 6 cm.

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Baidu encyclopedia rainstorm

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Baidu encyclopedia rainfall