Sunday, April 08, 2012

All India Rainfall Toppers - 01.01.2012 to 08.04.2012

The rainfall figures given are in mm (Top 20 places - min 200 mm)
  1. Anini (Arunachal Pradesh) - 720
  2. Car Nicobar (Andaman & Nicobar Islands) - 530
  3. Manali (Himachal Pradesh) - 520
  4. Tuting (Arunachal Pradesh) - 480
  5. Cherrapunji (Megahlaya) - 470
  6. Nancowry (Andaman & Nicobar Islands) - 360
  7. Dharmashala (Himachal Pradesh) - 360
  8. Kalpa (Himachal Pradesh) - 350
  9. Bhuntar (Himachal Pradesh) - 270
  10. Passighat (Arunachal Pradesh) -250
  11. Hut Bay (Andaman & Nicobar Islands) - 240
  12. Kavali (Andhra Pradesh) - 233
  13. Piravom (Kerala) - 230
  14. Srinagar - (Jammu & Kashmir) - 210
  15. Shimla (Himachal Pradesh) - 210
  16. Silchar (Assam) - 200
  17. Tezu (Arunachal Pradesh) - 200
  18. Pechiparai Dam (Tamil Nadu) - 200
  19. Perunchani Dam (Tamil Nadu) - 200
  20. Gangtok (Sikkim) - 200
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
Scattered T.showers to continue over Bangladesh and entire N-E states till 14-Apr and beyond.
http://ow.ly/i/ypoB .... Heavy rain seen over S-E Bangladesh & S. N-E states.
2:30pm, T.cells visible over Orissa, S. Jharkand, S-W Bengal, N-E Andhra, S. Karnataka, N-W Tamilnadu.. http://ow.ly/i/ypoB
T.showers over Kerala and S. Karnataka to continue for another 2 days.. http://ow.ly/i/ypnF
Next W.D will reach Kashmir on evening of 9-Apr.. http://ow.ly/i/ypnF
Heat wave to start over central, E.central India from 12-Apr... http://ow.ly/i/ypng
A strong circulation expected to pop over S-S-E Bay on 10-Apr and expected to move west ... http://ow.ly/i/ypmw
Heat wave will reduce over N-W, West, South India.. from 11-Apr.. http://ow.ly/i/ypmb
As anti-cyclone over N. Bay continues... it's driving moisture into S-E coast.. http://ow.ly/i/yplQ
Circulation over S. kerala has started moving west and will vanish in another 24 hrs... http://ow.ly/i/ypl9
chennai - Hot & Clear day for city continues... temp around 35 deg C.