ESTUDO DAS PRECIPITAÇÕES MÁXIMAS PARA O MUNICIPIO DE MOSSORÓ-RN, BRASIL

The study of climatic variables is of paramount importance for the development of human life and much needed for the development of irrigated agriculture. The aim of this study is to determine the maximum rainfall for different return periods (2, 5, 10, 20, 50 and 100 years) through the Gumbel distribution, in municipality of Mossoro-RN, Brazil. To find the parameters of Gumbel has used the method of moments. The results obtained with the turnaround time of 2, 5, 10, 20, 50 and 100 years were 46.57, 115.43, 161.03, 204.76, 261.36 and 303.78 mm, respectively. The results were quite significant and very useful for the development of irrigated agriculture in the state of Rio Grande do Norte.