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Mawsynram (/ ˈ m ɔː s ɪ n ˌ r ʌ m /) is a town in the East Khasi Hills district of Meghalaya state in Northeastern India, 69 kilometres from Shillong, the state capital. Mawsynram receives the highest rainfall in India. It is reportedly the wettest place on Earth, with an average annual rainfall of 11,872 millimetres (467.4 in).
This is a list of countries by average annual precipitation. List. Per the World Bank (2017) [1] [2] Country mm/ year) Continent 1 ... North America 140
The tropical zones have the highest number of storm events followed by the temperate climate. In a recent study, [13] researchers from 63 countries combined 30-minutes rainfall data in order to estimate the global rainfall erosivity (an index combining the amount, frequency and intensity of rainfall). The arid and cold climate zones have very ...
During El Niño events, precipitation averages about 10 percent above normal, while La Niña events lead to precipitation amounts which average close to 10 percent below normal. [79] Pago Pago harbor in American Samoa has the highest annual rainfall of any harbor in the world. [80] This is due to the nearby Rainmaker Mountain. [80]
The city's annual rainfall average stands at 11,777 millimetres (463.7 in). [6] This figure places it behind only nearby Mawsynram, Meghalaya, whose average is 11,873 millimetres (467.4 in). Sohra receives both the southwest and northeast monsoonal winds, giving it a single monsoon season.
The Fujiwhara effect is when two independent areas of low pressure become close enough to one another that they will rotate around a common center.
Here are the places in Iowa that received the most rain Monday afternoon and evening, according to the National Weather Service. Cedar Rapids: 1.66 inches Oelwein: 1.63 inches
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.