Rainfall till 8:30am of 11-Jul-2012 ... http://ow.ly/d/HBd 

RT @akanksharma: Rain soon. Dark clouds over Delhi. #Monsoon http://t.co/HbL0lqgU (5:57pm)

6:30pm, Showers seen over S.Pakistan, W.Rajasthan, S,W.Gujarat, E-central. Maharastra, E,N.UP, Bihar, Jharkand, N.Bengal http://ow.ly/i/LfSs

Top one day rainfall observed in 2012 so far ... http://ow.ly/caeBK

@rajeshpp2 >> For #kerala , Shower strength is expected to become even more Low from tomorrow till 17-Jul ... http://ow.ly/i/Lg5g 

RT @akwaghmare:  Rains were expected for western #maharashtra after 10 July. But here the clouds are giving way to the sun. #Pune #no #rains

RT @malhotramona: @weatherofindia says a lot about the weather in mumbai http://t.co/GVa99K1l 

In next 36 hrs, the Showers along entire S-W coast is expected to reduce drastically and persist till 16-Jul... http://ow.ly/i/LeHO

From 13-Jul, entire himalayan foothills will get strong showers 17-Jul.

N.Madhyapradesh, #Delhi and N-W Uttarpradesh to get showers till 15-Jul.. due to the circulation ... http://ow.ly/i/LeIK

Entire E.India, entire N-E states and S-E coast to get scattered heavy rains from 13-Jul till 17-Jul ... http://ow.ly/i/LeJf

Very heavy & widespread rains forecast for entire N,central of N-E states from 13-Jul... http://ow.ly/i/LeJW  >> #Bad #News for Assam floods


Showers for N,N-E.Andhra, S.Karnataka, S.Andhra, N.Tamilnadu and #chennai to become more likely from tomorrow till 17-Jul

3:30pm, Fresh showers seen over entire N.Uttarpradesh, Bihar, Jharkand, Himachal, W,S-W.Rajasthan & S-W coast.. http://ow.ly/i/LeGp

3:30pm, scattered showers ALL along S-W coast, N-W.Maharastra, S,S-E. Gujarat, N.Andhra.. http://ow.ly/i/LeGp

RT @asraghunath: @weatherofindia Can see cloud gathering on the northern side of Gurgaon. (4:33pm)

#chennai - having good sea breeze from east upto a height of 0.9km above sea level. 4:46pm. T.cells will build in another 2 or 3 hrs.

Finally the monsoon - 2012 has completely covered #INDIA ... surprise!! is it has done it early by 4 days.. http://ow.ly/i/LeE5

Rainfall till 8:30am of 10-Jul-2012 ... http://ow.ly/d/HzL 

RT @qinnairen: Warm sunshine & above normal slightly cold winds. #Delhi @weatherofindia (3:33pm)

Today, an UAC can be seen over N-W Uttarpradesh near to #Delhi ... And another seen over E.Arabian sea S-W of #Mumbai.. http://ow.ly/i/LevL

Today, there's another UAC over S-central Bay ... http://ow.ly/i/LevL >> it'll persist there till 15-Jul.

Today's E.Arabian sea UAC will drift west and die in another 48hrs ... http://ow.ly/i/LeyE

The offshore trough along S-W coast persists but expected to get weak after 13-Jul... http://ow.ly/i/Lezk

Yesterday's circulation over W,central MP is now over N,N-W.MP & E.Rajasthan.. http://ow.ly/i/LeAh

Circulation over N-W.MP is expected to move N-N-E and vanish almost over #Delhi and adjoining N-W UP in next 24hrs.. http://ow.ly/i/LeAR

Yesterday's circulation along S.coast Gujarat persists and expected to die over W-S-W of Gujarat in another 24hrs.. http://ow.ly/i/LeAR

By latest today, Monsoon has pushed into S,N.Pakistan, will become strong from 13-Jul. most rains will be for central,N Pakistan till 15-Jul

Factbox - Poor rains in India hit sowing of some summer crops.. http://ow.ly/c9Qs3

RT @qinnairen: #Delhi now has good sunshine. Clouds disappeared well before rains. @weatherofindia (1:40pm)

RT @ganpat000: @weatherofindia #delhi drizzling since morning (10:39am)

#chennai - had a Clear & Deep blue sky morning and till 12:30pm. Records 36.0°C at 12:40pm. Signs of early sea breeze from East.

Today early hrs till 1am there was massive T.showers over S-W,W,N-W,N of #chennai upto 50km away from city.. http://ow.ly/i/LdN1

Today as well, Vertical.V is HIGH along N, central coast Tamilnadu, S.Andhra and #chennai .. Heavy T.showers possible.. http://ow.ly/i/LdNk

Vertical.V is high along S,S-E,N-E Gujarat, S,S-E,E,central Rajasthan... Heavy rains possible.. http://ow.ly/i/LdO0

On 10-Jul, highest maximum temperature of 43.3°C has been recorded at Jaisalmer(Rajasthan)

RT @rajugana:  Baroda 9.00am, Clear sky, sunny and windy. Heavy rain lashed yesterday night also, consecutively for the second day.

RT @qinnairen: WOW!!! Its like 6pm here. Dark clouds above. Loving it... #Delhi 9:15am  @weatherofindia

All India SWM Rainfall Toppers from 01.06.12 to 10.07.12

As you can see Cherrapunji has 100% lead over its second placed south India counterpart Agumbe.  The surprise is no station from Kerala and Tamil Nadu are found in the list compared to last year.

Rainfall in mm (Minimum of 1500 mm)

1. Cherrapunji (Meghalaya) - 3985
2. Agumbe (Karnataka) - 1966
3. Pernem (Goa) - 1917
4. Gaganbawda (Maharashtra) - 1880
5. Kumargram (West Bengal) - 1860
6. Chepan (West Bengal) - 1850
7. Falakata (West Bengal) - 1840
8. Kollur (Karnataka) -1760
9. Gokarna (Karnataka) - 1750
10. Patgaon (Maharashtra) - 1742
11. Amboli (Maharashtra) - 1742
12. Sangameshwar (Maharashtra) - 1735
13. Kokrajhar (Assam) - 1690 *
14. Barobhisa (West Bengal) - 1680
15. Coochbehar (West Bengal) - 1665
16. Quepem (Goa) - 1643
17. Shirali (Karnataka) - 1617
18. Malvan (Maharashtra) - 1596
19. Gossaigaon (Assam) - 1560 *
20. Hasimara (West Bengal) -1550
21. Karkala (Karnataka) - 1530
22. Siddapura (Karnataka) - 1510

 * Some days rainfall is missing.

In order to add more spice to the list, i have introduced the state wise top 5 places. This covers only the states which has Heavy Rainfall Sations (HRF).

State-wise Toppers (Rainfall in mm)

Meghlaya

1. Cherrapunji  - 3985
2. Jowai - 1110
3. Williamnagar - 1050
4. Baghmara - 800
5. Nongostin - 700
   

 Arunachal Pradesh

1. Passighat - 1462
2. Itanagar - 1132
3. Tuting -1090
4. Tezu - 880
5. Anini - 710

Assam

1. Kokrajhar - 1690 *
   
2. Gossaigaon 1560 *
3. Kajalgaon - 1250 *
4. Dhubri - 1184
5. Chouldhowaghat - 1050
   

West Bengal

1. Kumargram - 1860
2. Chepan - 1850
3. Falakata - 1840
4. Barobhisa - 1680
5. Coochbehar - 1665

Maharashtra

1. Gaganbawda - 1880
2. Patagon - 1742
   
3. Amboli - 1742
4. Sangameshwar - 1735
5. Malvan - 1596

Maharashtra (Ghats)

1. Pratapgad - 1200
2. Tamini - 1050
3. Dawdi - 1020
   
4. Navaja - 1000
5. Shirgaon - 1000
   

Goa

1. Pernem - 1917
2. Quepem - 1643
3. Panaji - 1479
4. Mapusa - 1441
5. Valpoi - 1423
   

 Karnataka

1. Agumbe - 1966
2. Kollur -1760
3. Gokarna - 1750
4. Shirali - 1617
5. Karkala - 1530
   

Kerala

1. Vadakara - 1390
2. Kudulu -1150
3. Hosdurg -1090
4. Kannur - 987
5. Enamakkal - 970
   

 Tamil Nadu

1. Chinnakallar - 1210
2. Devala - 940
3. Sholayar - 890
   
4. Valparai - 790
5. Upper Bhavani - 550
   

 * Some days rainfall missing and many places in Assam would have got similar or higher rainfall than the places quoted above.

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