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Cherrapunji (/ ˌ tʃ ɛ r ə ˈ p ʌ n dʒ i,-ˈ p ʊ n-/ ⓘ) or Sohra is a sub-divisional town (Proposed District) East Khasi Hills district in the Indian state of Meghalaya.It was the traditional capital of ka hima Sohra (Khasi tribal kingdom).
A visualisation of the South Asian Monsoon based on the Climate Hazards Group InfraRed Precipitation with Station data (CHIRPS) 30+ year quasi-global rainfall dataset, analysed and visualised using Google Earth Engine. Annual average monsoon precipitation in India over 110 years. The long-term average has been 899 millimeters of precipitation. [1]
The climate of the district ranges from temperate in the plateau region to the warmer tropical and sub-tropical pockets on the Northern and Southern regions. The whole of the district is influenced by the south-west monsoon which begins generally from May and continues till September.
Debundscha has an extremely wet climate with about 10,299 millimetres (405.5 in) of rainfall falling annually. [2] The village of Debundscha is included among the five rainiest places in the world which includes Lloró, Mawsynram, the Big Bog and Cherrapunji, with each of them receiving over 10,000 millimeters (400 inches) of rain annually. [3]
Meghalaya (/ ˌ m eɪ ɡ ə ˈ l eɪ ə, m eɪ ˈ ɡ ɑː l ə j ə /; [6] [7] lit. "the abode of clouds" [8]) is a state in northeast India.Meghalaya was formed on 21 January 1972 by carving out two districts from the state of Assam: (a) the United Khasi Hills and Jaintia Hills and (b) the Garo Hills. [9]
Climate data for Shillong (C.S.O) 1981–2010, extremes 1902–present ... As per 2011 language census report, 67,154 of the city's population speak Khasi as their ...
Copeland Report – for the U.S. government, completed in 1933; Copenhagen Diagnosis – written by twenty-six climate scientists from eight countries; Dioxin Reassessment Report – by the United States Environmental Protection Agency; Environmental Impact of the Big Cypress Swamp Jetport ("Leopold Report") – United States Department of the ...
Due to the cyclone, the southwest monsoon was able to establish itself in Northern India and Myanmar. As a result, torrential rainfall occurred, peaking with 21 in (53 cm) in Cherrapunji and 15 in (38 cm) in Shillong on May 29. Many rivers flooded, carrying away cattle and making many families homeless.