Jamaica
This mountainous island country of Jamaica can get lashed with rainfall by slow-moving tropical cyclones in the western Caribbean Sea. Its interior, the Blue Mountains, reach a height of 7,400 feet (2,300 m) above sea level.
| Wettest tropical cyclones in Jamaica |
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| Precipitation | Storm | Location | Ref | ||
| Rank | mm | in | |||
| 1 | 3429.0 | 135.00 | Nov. 1909 Hurricane | Silver Hill Plantation | |
| 2 | 1524.0 | 60.00 | Flora 1963 | Silver Hill | |
| 3 | 1057.9 | 41.65 | Michelle 2001 | ||
| 4 | 950.0 | 37.42 | Nicole 2010 | Negril | |
| 5 | 938.3 | 36.94 | Gilda 1973 | Top Mountain | |
| 6 | 863.6 | 34.00 | June 1979 T.D. | Western Jamaica | |
| 7 | 823.0 | 32.40 | Gilbert 1988 | Interior mountains | |
| 8 | 720.6 | 28.37 | Ivan 2004 | Ritchies | |
| 9 | 690.9 | 27.20 | Isidore 2002 | Cotton Tree Gully | |
| 10 | 623.3 | 24.54 | Dennis 2005 | Mavis Bank | |
Read more about this topic: List Of Wettest Tropical Cyclones By Country
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