Blogger and Weather Enthusiast Pradeep a.k.a. Vagaries Rainman has compiled the much awaited top 20 rainfall centres in India for the month of June 2015.
And if you guessed that it has Cherrapunji, Meghalaya at the top, then you are absolutely right. Albeit Mawsynaram, it's neighbouring village beat it to the top spot by a few hundred mm of rainfall!
The full list with additional text available at this link and also at Vagaries of the Weather Blog is reproduced below:
Rainfall (in mm) from 01-06-2015 to 30-06-2015
And if you guessed that it has Cherrapunji, Meghalaya at the top, then you are absolutely right. Albeit Mawsynaram, it's neighbouring village beat it to the top spot by a few hundred mm of rainfall!
The full list with additional text available at this link and also at Vagaries of the Weather Blog is reproduced below:
Rainfall (in mm) from 01-06-2015 to 30-06-2015
- Mawsynaram, Meghalaya - 4781
- Cherrapunji, Meghalaya - 4355
- Parsons Valley, Tamil Nadu - 2166
- Shiragaon, Maharashtra - 2076
- Lamaj, Maharashtra - 2057
- Talacauvery, Karnataka - 2033
- Naladi, Karanataka - 1910
- Hosanagar, Karnataka - 1892
- Kottigehara, Karnataka - 1826
- Bhagamandala, Karnataka - 1820
- Amgaon, Karnataka - 1738
- Patherpunj, Maharashtra - 1684
- Avalanche, Tamil Nadu - 1663
- Tapola, Maharashtra - 1596
- Yadur, Karnataka - 1481
- Sangave, Maharashtra - 1472
- Mulshi, Maharashtra - 1470
- Mahabaleshwar, Maharashtra - 1443
- Kuttiyadi, Kerala - 1401
- Hulikal, Karnataka - 1400
This list has 7 rain stations from Maharashtra and 8 rain stations from Karnataka. Agumbe, Karnataka is a notable absentee from this list.
The highest rain station as recorded by IMD in Goa during the same period was Sanquelim with just 950.3 mm!
Both these sister Villages from Meghalaya's East Khasi Hills: Mawsynaram and Cherrapunji, are vying for the honour of the wettest place on Earth, not just India! As per this report in the newspaper The Telegraph, Cherrapunji is back in the race after 20 years! Further the rainfall recording system at Mawsynaram is not as reliable as at Cherrapunji, according to that report, quoting sources from IMD.
