Show shower in philippines holds worlds world record the heaviest 24 hour rainfall ever measured occurred at baculo the summer capital ot of the philippines in july 1911 only brief accounts of it hart been pub published liMed until this year yea when a detailed story of the shower and nil its effects was issued by alev selga sega director of the philippine weather bureau sas sais charles fitzhugh altz halinan in his science service feature why the weather this torrential downpour attended the passage of a typhoon more than 88 Inches ilof of rain fell during darlne the four days july 1417 14 17 inclusive the maximum fall in a 24 hour bour period being 48 46 indies inches from froin noon of the fourteenth to noon of the fifteenth two inches less than four feet of rain in 24 hours this Is more than falls in the whole of an average year at most places in the northeastern united states and canada literary digest |