Assessment of Rainfall Intensity Equations Enlisted in the Egyptian Code for Designing Potable Water and Sewage Networks

Table 1

Characteristics of available rainfall gauging stations.

Number	Rainfall station	Latitude		Longitude		Observation period	Number of complete years of record	Elevation ASL (m)
	Name	deg (°)	min (′)	deg (°)	min (′)
1	Salloum	31	32	25	11	1931–1990	60	4
2	Marsa Matruh	31	20	27	13	1905–2015	86	25
3	Alexandria	31	12	29	57	1957–2008	52	1.78
4	Port Said	31	17	32	14	1901–2013	78	0.8
5	Cairo	30	5	31	17	1961–1990	30	34.4
6	Beni Suef	29	12	30	1	1961–1990	29	32.4
7	Minia	28	5	30	44	1961–2015	62	37.15
8	Assiut (Airport)	27	3	31	1	1961–1997	37	226
9	Sohag	26	34	31	42	1961–1998	38	61.63
10	Luxor	25	40	32	42	1961–1990	30	83.25
11	Aswan	23	58	32	47	1961–2001	41	194.23
12	Siwa	29	12	25	19	1920–1990	50	15
13	Frafra	27	3	27	58	1961–1990	30	82.2
14	Dakhla	25	29	29	0	1961–1990	30	106.21
15	Ismailia	30	35	32	14	1961–2001	33	11.54
16	Suez	29	25	32	28	1961–2001	41	2.48
17	Hurghada	27	9	33	43	1957–2010	52	8.43
18	Kusseir	26	8	34	18	1961–2000	40	8.7
19	Ras Binas	23	58	35	30	1961–2001	36	3.66