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> Kept by incident.entities@web-summit.dinis, 11 November 2026, 08:47 UTC. A node of the [entities](../README.md): made from [its data](areeiro.json), where every line names the row or decision it was taken from. Nothing is stated here for the first time.

# Areeiro (IPMA station, Madeira)

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IPMA's station in Madeira where 230.5 mm of rain was observed in six hours. (**our summary**, from [row s-1111T0146](../../incidents/2026-11-10-storm-charles/timeline.md#s-1111T0146), a row labelled fact)

## Areeiro (IPMA station, Madeira) is in

- [Madeira](../../entities/place/madeira.md) · **fact** · "Madeira, observed: 230.5 mm of rain in six hours at IPMA's station Areeiro (the hours 20:00 Tuesday to 01:00 Wednesday; 133.9 mm in the six hours to 22:00); next: Santo da Serra 124.4, Pico do Areeiro 123.9, Pico Alto 116.7 mm in six hours" · [api.ipma.pt](https://api.ipma.pt/open-data/observation/meteorology/stations/observations.json), data/weather/madeira.json (incident.meteorologist@, 8c822f847, read 01:46); prompted by pt.wikipedia's figure, verified at IPMA · from [row s-1111T0146](../../incidents/2026-11-10-storm-charles/timeline.md#s-1111T0146)

## Areeiro (IPMA station, Madeira) saw

- [Heavy rain](../../entities/hazard/heavy-rain.md) · **fact** · "Madeira, observed: 230.5 mm of rain in six hours at IPMA's station Areeiro (the hours 20:00 Tuesday to 01:00 Wednesday; 133.9 mm in the six hours to 22:00); next: Santo da Serra 124.4, Pico do Areeiro 123.9, Pico Alto 116.7 mm in six hours" · [api.ipma.pt](https://api.ipma.pt/open-data/observation/meteorology/stations/observations.json), data/weather/madeira.json (incident.meteorologist@, 8c822f847, read 01:46); prompted by pt.wikipedia's figure, verified at IPMA · from [row s-1111T0146](../../incidents/2026-11-10-storm-charles/timeline.md#s-1111T0146)

## Timeline rows that mention it (4)

| When (UTC) | Label | What the row says |
|---|---|---|
| [11 Nov, 10:07 UTC](../../incidents/2026-11-10-storm-charles/timeline.md#s-1111T1007) | evidence | evidence: Madeira: the regional president, presenting at the regional civil protection service (SRPC), gave 205 occurrences to 09:00, with 542 responders and 216 vehicles, and said none was considered serious; he gave "479 milímetros de precipitação em 12 horas" against 387 mm on 20 February 2010 "n… |
| [11 Nov, 07:27 UTC](../../incidents/2026-11-10-storm-charles/timeline.md#s-1111T0727) | fact | Madeira, observed: 249.5 mm of rain in six hours at IPMA's station Areeiro, its largest six consecutive hourly values so far (was 232.1 mm at the 04:23 read); this is the measurement behind the "more than 240 mm in six hours" an IPMA meteorologist gave Lusa (s-1111T0642). Madeira airport at 07:00: w… |
| [11 Nov, 06:42 UTC](../../incidents/2026-11-10-storm-charles/timeline.md#s-1111T0642) | fact | Checked: the "winds of 130 km/h in Madeira" in press headlines (SAPO's front page, read 06:39; Lusa, 06:37, "Charles causou ventos de 130 km/hora na Madeira") matches the figure in IPMA's warning text, and no such observation is in IPMA's open data. Lusa's article (published 06:28, read 06:37 by inc… |
| [11 Nov, 01:46 UTC](../../incidents/2026-11-10-storm-charles/timeline.md#s-1111T0146) | fact | Madeira, observed: 230.5 mm of rain in six hours at IPMA's station Areeiro (the hours 20:00 Tuesday to 01:00 Wednesday; 133.9 mm in the six hours to 22:00); next: Santo da Serra 124.4, Pico do Areeiro 123.9, Pico Alto 116.7 mm in six hours |

## Evidence (1 outside address)

- api.ipma.pt · no capture of ours yet · [the address itself](https://api.ipma.pt/open-data/observation/meteorology/stations/observations.json)

## The same node elsewhere

- The graph (data/graph/) has no node for this yet.
- As data: [place/areeiro.json](areeiro.json) · [every node](../../entities/index.json) · [the grammar](../../entities/ontology.md)