Saturday, October 1, 2011

Final Verdict: All India SWM winner is Amgaon with 8965 mm rainfall in 4 months

After 120 days of South West Monsoon, we finally have a winner and it is Amagaon from Karnataka. The legend Cherrapunji managed to cross 6000 mm mark. Amagaon & Hulikal were clear winners in 2011 SWM season.
I will still continue to rank the toppers in North East Monsoon too. From Tamil Nadu, Chinna Kallar made the list with 4800 mm rainfall. Watch out for this place in NEM. It gets rains in NEM too.

All India

Rainfall in mm's (Min 4000 mm)
  1. Amgaon (Karnataka) - 8965
  2. Hulikal (Karnataka) - 8319
  3. Mastikatte (Karnataka) - 7561
  4. Amboli (Maharashtra) - 7449
  5. Kollur (Karnataka) - 7427
  6. Agumbe (Karnataka) - 7405
  7. Yadur (Karnataka) - 7309
  8. Mani (Karnataka) - 7154
  9. Gaganbawada (Maharashtra) - 6900
  10. Kogar (Karnataka) - 6851
  11. Gavali (Karnataka) - 6775
  12. Sangameshwar (Maharashtra) - 6698
  13. Mulshi Dam (Maharashtra) - 6471
  14. Mahabaleshwar (Maharashtra) - 6464
  15. Kerekatte (Karnataka) - 6259
  16. Cherrapunji (Meghalaya) - 6140
  17. Patagon Dam (Maharashtra) - 6027
  18. Kasari Dam (Maharashtra) - 5870
  19. Bhira (Maharashtra) - 5725
  20. Kerveshe (Karnataka) - 5696
  21. Kigga (Karnataka) - 5619
  22. Radhanagri Dam (Maharashtra) - 5421
  23. Koyna Dam (Maharashtra) - 5419
  24. Kadra (Karnataka) - 5325
  25. Lonavala Dam (Maharashtra) - 5318
  26. Siddapura (Karnataka) - 5289
  27. Gerosoppa (Karnataka) - 5206
  28. Tillari (Maharashtra) - 5066
  29. Gorkhana (Karnataka) - 5038 
  30. Mandangad (Maharashtra) - 4840
  31. Ajekar (Karnataka) - 4820
  32. Valpoi (Goa) - 4817
  33. Dapoli (Maharashtra) - 4813
  34. Chinna Kallar (Tamil Nadu) - 4800
  35. Chiplun (Maharashtra) - 4690
  36. Vaibhavwadi (Maharshtra) - 4638
  37. Rajapur (Maharashtra) - 4542
  38. Kankavli (Maharashtra) - 4534
  39. Bhagamandala (Karnataka) - 4532
  40. Tulshi Lake (Maharashtra) - 4526
  41. Sawantwadi (Maharashtra) - 4480
  42. Mhasla (Maharashtra) - 4445
  43. Karkala (Karnataka) - 4422
  44. Lanja (Maharashtra) - 4402
  45. Matheran (Maharashtra) - 4400
  46. Walwand (Maharashtra) - 4393
  47. Ratnagiri (Maharashtra) - 4369
  48. Dodamarg (Maharashtra) - 4291
  49. Quepem (Goa) - 4285
  50. Sudhgad (Maharashtra) - 4282
  51. Bhatkal (Karnataka) - 4266
  52. Radhanagri (Maharashtra) -4262
  53. Vadakara (Kerala) - 4231
  54. Malvan (Maharashtra) - 4219
  55. Tala (Mahrashtra) - 4170
  56. Kudal (Maharashtra) - 4078
  57. Honavar (Karnataka) - 4073
  58. Pawna (Maharashtra) - 4057
  59. Sanguem (Goa) - 4047
  60. Ponda (Goa)  - 4042
  61. Kottigehara (Karnataka) - 4031
  62. Udupi (Karnataka) - 4026
  63. Khed (Maharashtra) - 4002
Places such as Tamini, Hulikal, Nilkund, Mawsynarm, Poochippara, Walakkad and Castle Rock would have also made the above 4000 mm list.

Major Cities

Apart from the above places, the rank of India's Major Cities (Population above 2 million) for the SWM are as follows
Rainfall in mm SWM total
  1. Mumbai – 3155
  2. Kolkata – 1403
  3. Bhopal - 1266
  4. Surat – 1218
  5. Lucknow – 1046
  6. Indore - 982
  7. Nagpur – 911
  8. Patna - 871
  9. Pune – 803
  10. Chennai – 789
  11. Ahmedabad – 728
  12. Jaipur – 675
  13. Delhi – 622
  14. Bangalore – 540
  15. Hyderabad – 528
For Chennai monsoon (NEM) is yet to begin, i am sure it will end second in the list behind for the year behind Mumbai.

Region wise SWM Toppers

With limited available data, the following are the region wise toppers (Rainfall in mm SWM total)

North India

1.Dharmashala (Himachal Pradesh) - 3180
2.Dehradun (Uttranchal)- 2426
3.Jammu (Kashmir) - 1238

Central India

1. Guna (Madhya Pradesh) - 1825
2.Jabalpur (Madhya Pradesh) - 1692
3.Raipur (Chhattisgarh) - 1562

North East India

1.Cherrapunji (Meghalaya) - 6140
2.Chouldhowaghat (Assam) - 3026

East India

1.Buxaduar (West Bengal) - 3380
2.Darjeeling (West Bengal) -2657
3.Gangtok (Sikkim) - 2540

North West India

1.Kaprada (Gujarat) - 2811
2.Pardi (Gujarat) - 2476
3.Umerpada (Gujarat) - 2441
4.Mt Abu (Rajasthan) - 2050

West India

1.Amboli (Maharashtra) - 7449
2.Gaganbawada (Maharashtra) - 6900
3.Sangameshwar (Maharashtra) - 6698
4.Mulshi Dam (Maharashtra) - 6471
5.Mahabaleshwar (Maharashtra) - 6464


South India

1.Amagaon (Karnataka) - 8965
2.Hulikal (Karnataka) - 8319
3.Mastikatte (Karnataka) - 7561 
4.Agumbe (Karnataka) - 7405
5.Kollur (Karnataka) - 7427

Islands

1.Maya Bundar (Anadaman) -3788
2.Long Island (Andaman) -2579
3.Port Blair (Andaman) -2297

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