The example will only consider rainstorm events, although the records also contain data for 'precipitation'. Precipitation is more useful if snowfall were also of interest to the analyst. (For example, if the analyst wished to calculate annual retention or runoff from a facility.) | The example will only consider rainstorm events, although the records also contain data for 'precipitation'. Precipitation is more useful if snowfall were also of interest to the analyst. (For example, if the analyst wished to calculate annual retention or runoff from a facility.) |