Saturday, May 15, 2010

Wettest places in India

The fourteen rainfall stations (see Fig. 1) whose mean annual rainfall is 500 cm (i.e. 200 inches) or more.Among these fourteen stations, there are only two stations (viz. Cherrapunji and Mawsynram) whose mean annual rainfall is more than 1100 cm. These fourteen stations have been called the rainiest stations of this country.

1. Mawsynram – Meghalaya – 1141
2. Cherrapunji – Meghalaya – 1087
3. Agumbe – Karnataka – 828
4. Amboli – Maharashtra – 748
5. Mahabaleshwar – Maharashtra – 623
6. Gaganbawada – Maharastra – 621
7. Bhagamandala – Karnataka – 603
8. Pullingoth – Karnataka – 594
9. Neriamangalam – Kerala – 588
10.Buxa – West Bengal – 532
11.Denning – Tripura – 532
12.Matheran -Maharastra – 517
13.Peermade – Kerala – 517
14.Makut – Karnataka – 506

In addition to the heavy rainfall stations listed 7 other locations(with a minimum of 10 and up to 39 years' continuous records) were found to receive over 5000 mm of rain per year on an average. However the figures are not strictly comparable since they do not relate to identical observation periods; nevertheless, they indicate those areas in Peninsular India where rainfall of such quantity and intensity can be expected.

http://tamilnaduweatherman.blogspot.com/2009/12/wettest-places-in-india.html
Posted by Pradeep

2 comments:

  1. Dear Pradeep,
    You can very well induct chinna Kallar and Devala in the list.They are also world renowned rainfall station of [international acclaim!]Tamilnadu.

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  2. In addition to the 14 heavy rainfall stations listed 7 other locations were found to receive over 5000 mm of rain per year on an average.

    I am not able to retrieve that information. I think ChinnaKallar will be part of that 7 locations.


    Apart from this some areas which receive 350 cm

    Passighat 433cm
    Kutiyadi 416
    Shirali 410
    Mangalore 399
    Vythiri 395
    Devala 394
    Ponmudi 391
    Gangtok 380
    Quilandi 379
    Honavar 368
    Panambur 361
    Kasargod 354
    Hosdurg 350
    Karikode 349
    CoochBehar 348
    Munnar 346
    Vellor 345

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