Sunday, April 15, 2012

Places which gets 5000 mm rainfall in a year & Wettest place in each state of India


As regards India, the southwest monsoon is the heavy rain season lasting from June through September. Rainfall is measured on a daily basis at about 6000 stations and measurements at many stations are available for over 100 years. As of 1962, the available mean annual rainfall records (IMD, 1962) for several stations in India indicate that there are only 14 stations which receive mean annual rainfall in excess of 500 cm. Of these, 10 stations are located in the Western Ghats and the other four in northeast India. The maximum mean annual rainfall recorded in India is 1141 cm at Mawsynaram in Khasi Jaintia hills. Cherrapunji and Mawsynram in Khasi Jaintia hills are world's highest rainfall areas. Agumbe in the Western Ghats has an annual maximum rainfall of in South India.

Apart from the 14 stations which receive 5000 mm rainfall, i have done research which took me nearly 3-4 weeks to obtain authenticated data from various sources to see whether other places that receive 5000 mm apart from IMD’s 14 places and in the process have uploaded the state wise rainfall record holders. This report will be updated often and popped up as soon as i get more data from public.

State Wise Rainfall toppers in mm

Meghalaya
  1. Mawsynram – 11410
  2. Cherrapunji – 10870
  3. Jowai - 6080
 Karnataka
  1. Hulikal - 8070
  2. Agumbe - 7640
  3. Mastikatte ~7500
  4. Talacauvery - 6914
  5. Yadur ~ 7000
  6. Amgaon ~7000
  7. Kudremukh  - 7000
  8. Kodachadri  Hills - 6500-7500
  9. Gavali - 6611
  10. Bhagwathi - 6000 - 7000
  11. Bilegal - 6000 -7000
  12. Nellibeedu  - 6000-7000
  13. Bhagamandala - 6230
  14. Malleswara - 6000 
  15. Castle Rock - 5978
  16. Gaganmola - 5750
  17. Pullingoth (Mundrote) -5940
  18. Naladi - 5526
  19. Nilkund - 5500 
  20. Akheti - 5192
  21. Makut - 5060
  22. Kundar - 4988
  23. Karkala - 4827
West Bengal
  1. Neora - 6350
  2. Paren - 6109
  3. Chel - 6096
  4. Makrapara - (5500 - 6000)
  5. Ambiok - 5640
  6. Chuapara - 5500
  7. Kuapani - 5432
  8. Gish - 5385
  9. Buxa Duar - 5323
  10. Samsing - 5161 
  11. Gorubathan - 5059
  12. Margarets Hope - 5028
  13. Meteli - 5002
  14. Hasimara - 4859
  15. Kurseong - 4800
  16. Mahaldhiram - 4800
  17. Raimatang - 4570
Maharashtra -
  1. Dhamanohol - 8255 *
  2. Amboli – 7732
  3. Tamini Ghat– 6511
  4. Tilari Ghat – 6500 – 7000
  5. Angiwade - 6366
  6. Bhimashankar – 6000 -7000
  7. Dudhkheda – 6350
  8. Koyna - 6315
  9. Kitwade - 6308
  10. Shirshingi - 6241 
  11. Mahabaleshwar - 6230
  12. Gaganbawada – 6210
  13. Mulshi Dam – 5500-6500
  14. Vaibhavwadi – 5913
  15. Dajipur - 5822
  16. Dukanwadi - 5710 
  17. Nerur - 5671
  18. Sonat - 5669
  19. Kankavali - 5485 
  20. Hardkhala - 5353
  21. Dasve - 5334 *
  22. Kati - 5323 
  23. Ghonsari - 5214
  24. Matheran -5170
  25. Tilariwadi - 5133
  26. Phondaghat - 5036
  27. Sangulwadi - 5024
  28. Nardave - 4990 
  29. Kumbhi – 4985
  30. Chatav - 4959
  31. Koyna Dam – 4952 
  32. Het - 4935
  33. Awlegaon - 4811
  34. Digawade - 4761 
  35. Pratapgad - 4743
  36. Lonavala - 4700
  37. Shivdav - 4674 
  38. Virdi - 4637
  39. Talere - 4614
  40. Lajul - 4569
  41. Kasari - 4560
  42. Kakewadi - 4556 
  43. Pimplas - 4550 
  44. Dhangarwadi - 4525 
  45. Karak - 4520
  46. Tarandale - 4500
  47. Karambavne - 4500
  48. Prabhanvalli - 4500
  49. Shirgaon - 4500
Arunachal Pradesh
  1. Ipingo - 5400
  2. Denning - 5280
  3. Anini - (5000-6000)
  4. Italin - 5000
  5. Tidding - 4996
  6. Elopa - 4800
  7. Anelih -4600
  8. Dunli - 4500
  9. Khuppi - 4376
  10. Tezu - 4400
  11. Passighat - 4330
  12. Gerukamukh - (4000-5000)
  13. Pathalipam - (4000 - 5000)
Kerala
  1. Walakkad - 8000-9000
  2. Poochippara - 7000-7500
  3. Mavattom - 6073
  4. Silent Valley - 6000
  5. Neelikkal - 5500
  6. Karingad - 4918
  7. Neriamangalam - 4507
  8. Sairandhri - 4500 - 5000
  9. Kutiyadi - 4166
  10. Peermade - 4000
  11. Vythiri - 4000
  12. Ponmudi - 4000
Tamil Nadu
  1. Chinna Kallar - 4650
  2. Devala - 4120
  3. Sholayar - 3707
  4. Upper Kodayar -  3660
  5. Anaimalai - 3523
  6. Kakachi - 3500- 4000
  7. Valparai - 2883 
  8. Siruvani - 2775
  9. Naduvattam 2558
  10. Upper Bhavani - 2390
  11. Gudalur - 2291
Goa
  1. Valpoi - 4132
  2. Sanguem - 3617
  3. Quepem - 3573
  4. Ponda - 3320
  5. Mhapsa - 3031
  6. Madgaon - 2928
  7. Panaji - 2860
  8. Mormugao - 2709

Assam
  1. Dibong – 3860
  2. Jiadhol - 3500
  3. Silchar – 3300
  4. North Lakhimpur – 3270
  5. Tipkai - 3264
  6. Jinari – 3050
  7. Lohit - 2991
  8. Dhubri – 2850
  9. Dibrugarh - 2670
Andaman & Nicobar Islands
  1. Port Blair – 3130
  2. Mayabunder – 2800-3200
  3. Long Island – 2700 -3000
  4. Hut Bay – 2700 -2900
  5. Car Nicobar – 2730
Mizoram
  1. Saiha - 3000-4000
  2. Lunglei - 3500
  3. Mamit - 3000
Sikkim
  1. Gangtok - 3804 
  2. Dikchhu - 3480
  3. Singhik - 3480
  4. Mangan - 3306
  5. Rongli - 3207
Manipur 
  1. Tamenglong - 3135
  2. Tinsong - 3080
  3. Jiribam - 2871
Himachal Pradesh
  1. Dharamsala  - 3660
  2. Palampur - 2560
  3. Dalhousie - 2310
  4. Jogindernagar - 2230
  5. Chamba - 2000
  6. Kangra - 1960
  7. Nahan - 1910
Gujarat
  1. Kaprada - 2950 
  2. Saputara - 2900
  3. Girnara - 2900
  4. Mandva - 2900
  5. Madhuban - 2800
Tripura
  1. Kamalpur  - 2885
  2. Kailasahar - 2450
  3. Agartala - 2180
Uttrakhand
  1. Rajpur  - 3007
  2. Nanital - 2549
  3. Narendranagar - 2449 
  4. Mussoorie - 2470
  5. Dehradun - 2270
  6. Munsiyari - 2150
  7. Kashipur - 2122 
  8. Raipur - 2097
  9. Kharsali - 2093
  10. Kathgodam - 2092
  11. Tanakpur - 2050
  12. Pantnagar - 2035 
  13. Ukhimath -2001
  14. Haldwani - 2000
  15. Sonprayag - 2000
Nagaland
  1. Wokha - 2123
  2. Mongkolemba - 2013
  3. Mon  - 1893
  4. Sechu - 1853
Orissa
  1. Simlipal - 2200
  2. Sambalpore - 1750
  3. Balasore  - 1666
  4. Bhubaneswar - 1570
  5. Koraput - 1551
  6. Paradip - 1521
  7. Cuttack - 1513
Jammu & Kashmir
  1. Sonemarg - 1710
  2. Reasi - 1668
  3. Udhampur - 1510
  4. Poonch - 1468
Lakshwadeep 
  1.  Kavaratti - 1665   
  2. Minicoy - 1638
  3. Amini Devi - 1539
 Chhattisgarh
  1. Jagaldalpur - 1560
  2. Pendra - 1340
  3. Raipur  - 1288
Madhya Pradesh 
  1. Jabalpur  - 1380
  2. Hoshangabad - 1270
  3. Bhopal - 1260
Andhra Pradesh
  1. Vepada - 1318
  2. Komarada - 1283
Punjab
  1. Chandigarh - 1070
  2. Ballowal Saunkhri - 1025
  3.  Hoshiarpur - 1000
Harayana
  1. Karnal - 814
  2. Rohtak - 730
* (2005-2007 average) 

3 comments:

Rajan Alexander said...

Wow Pradeep, this is really good information.

In your research, what are the multi-decadal changes seen? Where are rainfall increasing and where reducing?

ganapathy said...

Thanks, very interesting data.

rajugana

Unknown said...

Great job. .