United States Virgin Islands
Tropical cyclones affect these islands of the northeast Caribbean on a regular basis. Hurricane Hortense is the wettest known system for the U. S. Virgin Islands, bringing over 18 inches (460 mm) of rainfall.
| Wettest tropical cyclones for the United States Virgin Islands |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Precipitation | Storm | Location | Ref | ||
| Rank | mm | in | |||
| 1 | 458.0 | 18.03 | Hortense 1996 | Christiansted Hamilton Field | |
| 2 | 394.5 | 15.53 | Klaus 1984 | Caneel Bay Plantation | |
| 3 | 293.4 | 11.55 | David 1979 | Fredericksted Fort | |
| 4 | 284.5 | 11.20 | Hugo 1989 | Ham Bluff Light House Station | |
| 5 | 265.9 | 10.47 | Lenny 1999 | Granard | |
| 6 | 234.2 | 9.22 | Eloise 1975 | Anally | |
| 7 | 224.0 | 8.82 | Kendra 1978 | Fredericksted Fort | |
| 8 | 221.2 | 8.71 | Isabel 1985 | Annually | |
| 9 | 154.4 | 6.05 | Grace 1997 | Wintberg | |
| 10 | 144.0 | 5.67 | Carmen 1974 | Cane Bay | |
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