Final Rankings - All India Rainfall toppers till pre-monsoon season from 01.01.12 to 31.05.2012

The rainfall figures given are in mm (Top 25 places - minimum 500 mm)

1. Cherrapunji (Megahlaya) - 2250
2. Tuting (Arunachal Pradesh) -1520
3. Anini (Arunachal Pradesh) - 1430
4. Silchar (Assam) -1120
5. Car Nicobar (Andaman & Nicobar Islands) - 1110
6. Passighat (Arunachal Pradesh) - 990
7. Nancowry (Andaman & Nicobar Islands) - 950
8. Tezu (Arunachal Pradesh) - 910
9. Kailasahar (Tripura) - 830
10. Port Blair (Andaman & Nicobar Islands) - 810
11. Gangtok (Sikkim) - 810
12. Hut Bay (Andaman & Nicobar Islands) - 740
13. Piravom (Kerala) - 730
14. Long Island (Andaman & Nicobar Islands) - 700
15. Dibrugarh (Assam) - 700
16. Kochi AP (Kerala) - 700
17. Tadong (Sikkim) - 680
18. Maya Bunder (Andaman & Nicobar Islands) -670
19. North Lakhimpur (Assam) - 640
20. Lengpui (Mizoram) - 630
21. Manali (Himachal Pradesh) - 620
22. Itanagar (Arunachal Pradesh) - 620
23. Guwahati  (Assam) - 560
24. Kanjirappally (Kerala) - 550
25. Jorhat (Assam) - 540 
26. Agartala (Tripura) - 540
27. Coochbehar (West Bengal) - 540
28. Punalur (Kerala) - 530

Other places such as Mawsynaram will also also have obtained more rainfall than the stations quoted above. 

Poll for Wettest place in this year SWM

After last year's epic rainfall race for being the wettest places during South West Monsoon. I have compiled a poll for viewers to vote for the SWM season 2012. The final poll results are given below.

The 2011 rankings can be found here - 2011 SWM rainfall rankings

Further the much expected SWM figures will be posted for the period ending June 15 by next week end. Watch out the figures in Tamil Nadu Weatherman Blog, Indian Weatherman Blog, Kea Weather Blog, Vagaries of the Weather Blog (Rajesh Sir) and Ring Road Weather Station Blog (Ashok Patel Sir).  I am monitoring the data of around 150 HRF stations so its exciting times ahead.