Northern Marianas Islands
The Northern Marianas Islands are an archipelago north of Guam which gets impacted by typhoons in the western Pacific from time to time. Typhoon Steve dropped nearly 20 inches (510 mm) on Saipan in 1993, making it the wettest known tropical cyclone for the island chain.
| Wettest tropical cyclones in the Northern Marianas Islands |
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| Precipitation | Storm | Location | Ref | ||
| Rank | mm | in | |||
| 1 | 487.68 | 19.20 | Steve 1993 | Saipan | |
| 2 | 241.30 | 9.50 | Seth 1991 | Saipan | |
| 3 | 205.74 | 8.10 | Soulik 2006 | Pagan | |
| 4 | 118.11 | 4.65 | Sanvu 2012 | Tinian | |
| 5 | 90.93 | 3.58 | Kong-rey 2007 | Pagan | |
| 6 | 85.85 | 3.38 | Mirinae 2009 | Rota | |
| 7 | 82.55 | 3.25 | Melor 2009 | Tinian | |
| 8 | 50.80 | 2.00 | Dolphin 2008 | Guam | |
Read more about this topic: List Of Wettest Tropical Cyclones In The United States
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