JFK Airport was walloped with 7.97 inches of rain on 29 September 2023 — a new daily record dating back to 1948.
29 September 2023 | New York Post
Event Log
28 September 2023 | BBC
Swiss glaciers get 10% smaller in two years
In just two years, Switzerland’s glaciers have lost 10% of their total volume – as much as they lost in the three decades between 1960 and 1990.
11 September 2023 | The Guardian
Seven days of 30°C heat in September is new UK record
Forecasters said there had never been a September heatwave on record as long-lived as this year’s episode.
11 August 2023 | Washington Post
Hurricane Dora
Hurricane Dora travels from off the African coast, across Central America and transitions to a typhoon.
3 August 2023
Beijing Flash Floods
August 3rd, 2023. Beijing Meteorological Observatory. 111.8mm of rain fell in the Fengtai district of Beijing between 10 and 11 am on the 31st July, part of the heaviest rainfall for 140 years in the city, with a total of 603.6mm recorded in the urban area, in Fengtai. 744.8mm was the event maximum within the city limits at Wangjiayuan Reservoir. The previous record rain event total was 609mm from 1891 although it’s unclear at which location this record occurred. The rainfall was caused by Ex-Typhoon Doksuri.
3 July 2023 | BBC
Hottest June in UK since records began
The UK had the hottest June on record, the Met Office has confirmed.
1 March 2022
Enoggera Dam – Unusual Loading
March 1st, 2022. Brisbane. The Enoggera Reservoir peak lake level of 81.39mAHD in February 2022, had a flood loading just shy of 1:10000 Annual Exceedance Probability (AEP) (1:10000 AEP level listed as 81.4mAHD) according to the approved Emergency Action Plan. Rainfall frequency assessments for the catchment indicate the 2022 event was between a 1:200 and 1:500 AEP representing a discrepancy between the flood frequency and rainfall frequency.