 Upon making landfall in China , several coastal locations reported winds in excess of 120 km / h ( 75 mph ) , with wind gusts peaking at 175 km / h ( 110 mph ) . Further inland , winds reached 147 km / h ( 91 mph ) at Shanghai , the highest wind gust on record in the city . The storm produced heavy amounts of rainfall , reaching a maximum of 701 mm ( 27 @.@ 6 in ) at a station in Yongjia County . Extreme amounts of precipitation fell in short durations , including 91 mm ( 3 @.@ 6 in ) in just 1 hour and 200 mm ( 7 @.@ 6 in ) in 3 hours at Dinghai District . Just days after a previous heavy rainfall event , the rainfall from Matsa caused record @-@ breaking river flooding along eight Chinese rivers , including a station at a floodgate on Suzhou Creek which peaked at 4 @.@ 55 m ( 14 @.@ 93 feet ) . 
