Mexico
Hurricane Wilma of 2005 drifted over the northeast portion of the Yucatán peninsula for a couple of days, dropping significant rains. A report of 1,576 millimetres (62.0 in) was reported by the Servicio Meteorológicio Nacional in Mexico, which is the wettest known 24-hour rainfall amount ever measured in Mexico. Second on the list is from Tropical Storm Frances in 1998, which accumulated up to 1,019 millimetres (40.1 in) of rain at Independencia in southern Chiapas. Below is a list of the highest known storm total rainfall amounts from individual tropical cyclones across Mexico. Most of the rainfall information was provided by the Mexico's National Weather Service, Servicio Meteorológico Nacional, which is a part of the National Water Commission, Comisión Nacional del Agua.
| Wettest tropical cyclones and their remnants in Mexico |
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| Precipitation | Storm | Location | Ref | ||
| Rank | mm | in | |||
| 1 | 1576 | 62.05 | Wilma 2005 | Quintana Roo | |
| 2 | 1119 | 44.06 | Frances 1998 | Escuintla | |
| 3 | 1098 | 43.23 | TD 11 (1999) | Jalacingo | |
| 4 | 1011 | 39.80 | Juliette 2001 | Cuadano/Santiago | |
| 5 | 950 | 37.41 | Dolly 1996 | Igual | |
| 6 | 941 | 37.06 | Fifi/Orlene 1974 | Tlanchinol | |
| 7 | 890 | 35.04 | Alex 2010 | Monterrey | |
| 8 | 805 | 31.69 | Gert 1993 | Aquismón | |
| 9 | 791 | 31.15 | Hermine 1980 | San Pedro Tapanatepec | |
| 10 | 774 | 30.49 | Isidore 2002 | Campeche | |
Read more about this topic: List Of Wettest Tropical Cyclones By Country
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