Wettest Place on Earth
Monday, 6. August 2007, 08:57:37
There is a lot of talk about rain and floods these days. I have gathered a few data from various sources, mainly Scandinavian news groups, so they are second hand. The place on our planet with the heaviest average precipitation seems to be Cherrapunjii, Meghalaya, North Eastern India. I have marked the area with a purple dot on the map of India. It is where the eastern arm of the Indian summer monsoon turns westward under influence of the Himalaya range to the north.
It is located 1290 metres above sea level and receives an annual average rainfall of 11 to 12 metres (different sources say around 11.000 mm, 12 m. 1270 cm, 11.874,5 mm). The record is 26.461,7 mm (another source says 25.461 mm) from 1 August 1860 to 31 July 1861.
In 1961 it received 9.300 mm in just one month - in the summer monsoon, July 1961.
It is located 1290 metres above sea level and receives an annual average rainfall of 11 to 12 metres (different sources say around 11.000 mm, 12 m. 1270 cm, 11.874,5 mm). The record is 26.461,7 mm (another source says 25.461 mm) from 1 August 1860 to 31 July 1861.
In 1961 it received 9.300 mm in just one month - in the summer monsoon, July 1961.
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And it's a dry summer comparing to last year...
By pfelelep, # 6. August 2007, 14:24:57
Just keep drinking ;-)
Ole
By nielsol, # 6. August 2007, 18:22:03