Sunday, April 22, 2012

Anini & Tuting crosses 1000 mm rainfall for the year ahead of Cherrapunji.


The rainfall figures given are in mm (Top 20 places - minimum 300 mm upto 22.04.2012)
  1. Anini (Arunachal Pradesh) - 1020
  2. Tuting (Arunachal Pradesh) -1010
  3. Cherrapunji (Megahlaya) - 750
  4. Manali (Himachal Pradesh) - 590
  5. Car Nicobar (Andaman & Nicobar Islands) - 570
  6. Gangtok (Sikkim) - 510
  7. Silchar (Assam) - 510
  8. Tezu (Arunachal Pradesh) - 440
  9. Nancowry (Andaman & Nicobar Islands) -440
  10. Dharmashala (Himachal Pradesh) - 420
  11. Passighat (Arunachal Pradesh) -390
  12. Kalpa (Himachal Pradesh) - 380
  13. Kanjirappally (Kerala) - 350
  14. Piravom (Kerala) - 350 
  15. Perunchani Dam (Tamil Nadu) - 330
  16. Bhuntar (Himachal Pradesh) - 310
  17. Pechiparai Dam (Tamil Nadu) - 300
  18. Srinagar - (Jammu & Kashmir) - 300
  19. Kailasahar (Tripura) - 300
Other places may also have obtained more rainfall than the station quoted above. 

After last year's epic rainfall race for being the wettest places during South West Monsoon. I have compiled a poll for viewers and rain followers voting for the season 2012. The link to the polls is here Poll code. The 2011 rankings can be found here - 2011 SWM rainfall rankings

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