The maximum 24-hour rainfall total from Mitch was 13.4 inches in Campeche, while the highest rainfall total was 16.85 inches in Ciudad del Carmen.
Effects of typhoons on numbers of leptospirosis and melioidosis cases in the late stage of a typhoon were further analyzed by using records of typhoon level and maximum 24-hour cumulative rainfall during 2000 2009.
When Arthur later moved over Mexico, it dropped heavy rainfall, with a maximum 24-hour total of 8.34 in (212 mm) in Pijijiapan, Chiapas.
Legislation dictates a maximum 72 hours.
The highest 24-hour rainfall total was on the 19th: 395.6mm, or a foot of water.
This rainfall amount remained the national 24-hour rainfall record until Tropical Storm Claudette (1979).
Numerous longstanding records have been smashed, including the all-time 24-hour rainfall record in Boulder.
A weather station in Guangdong reported a 5-hour rainfall total of 360.6 mm (14.2 inches).
The highest 24-hour rainfall from the storm was recorded near Darwin at 340 mm.
Two stations broke their 24-hour rainfall records set in 1899.
In Fort Lauderdale, the storm dropped 10.68 inches of rainfall, and in the Miami area, 24-hour rainfall totals reached 8 inches.
