Friday, April 23, 2010

Cherapunji

Cherapunji-
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363.2 mm on Tuesday
156.2 mm on wednesday
288.2 mm on Thursday

2010 toppers till 22.04.2010
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Cherrapunji 286 cm a mindblowing 2243% above normal.
Silchar 82 cm
Itanagar 67 cm
Passighat 66 cm
Dibrugarh 66 cm
Gangtok 55 cm

the world record for maximum rainfall in a calender year is 24,555.3mm in 1974 by Cherrapunji

there is a huge chance of it being broken if this continues

Here is 30 year annual rainfall data for cherrapunji from 1973 till 2003

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