San Juan, Mark Angelo A.

Hydrology
BS – Civil Engineering 4 – 1 November 10, 2021

ACTIVITY 1: AVERAGE RAINFALL

Determine the average rainfall in the basin shown below using the following methods.

• Thiessen-Polygon Method
• Isohyetal Method

Each square is 1000m x 1000m

SOLUTION: Thiessen-Polygon Method

Area (A)
Area (B)

Area (C)

Using Autocad (by tracing it)

𝐴𝑟𝑒𝑎𝐴 = 8,425,156.5307 𝑚2
𝐴𝑟𝑒𝑎𝐵 = 24,119,047.1967 𝑚2

𝐴𝑟𝑒𝑎𝐶 = 12,707,842.4688 𝑚2
𝐴𝐴 𝑃𝐴 + 𝐴𝐵 𝑃𝐵 + 𝐴𝐶 𝑃𝐶
𝑃𝐴𝑉𝐸 =
𝐴𝐵𝐴𝑆𝐼𝑁
8,425,156.5307(37) + 24,119,047.1967(26) + 12,707,842.4688(17)
𝑃𝐴𝑉𝐸 =
8,425,156.5307 + 24,119,047.1967 + 12,707,842.4688
𝑃𝐴𝑉𝐸 = 25.52 𝑚𝑚 𝑜𝑟 26 𝑚𝑚
 San Juan, Mark Angelo A. Hydrology
BS – Civil Engineering 4 – 1 November 10, 2021

Isohyetal Method

Area (A)

Area (B)

Area (C)

𝑃𝐴 = 37 𝑚𝑚 𝑃𝐵 = 31.5 𝑚𝑚 𝑃𝐶 = 21.5 𝑚𝑚
Using Autocad (by tracing it)

𝐴𝑟𝑒𝑎𝐴 = 3,103,421.9443 𝑚2

𝐴𝑟𝑒𝑎𝐵 = 23,018,386.9796 𝑚2

𝐴𝑟𝑒𝑎𝐶 = 19, 132,652.1963 𝑚2

𝑃 +𝑃
𝐴𝐴 𝑃𝐴 + 𝐴𝐵 ( 𝐵 2 𝐶 ) + 𝐴𝐶 𝑃𝐶
𝑃𝐴𝑉𝐸 =
𝐴𝐵𝐴𝑆𝐼𝑁
31.5 + 21.5
37(3,103,421.9443) + 23,018,386.9796 ( ) + 19, 132,652.1963(21.5)
𝑃𝐴𝑉𝐸 = 2
3,103,421.9443 + 23,018,386.9796 + 19, 132,652.1963
𝑃𝐴𝑉𝐸 = 25.11 𝑚𝑚 𝑜𝑟 25 𝑚𝑚