Goa Top 10 rainfall in this SWM from 01.06.13 to 25.08.13

As on date, Goa region on average has got 3117 mm as against the normal of 2471 mm which is 27% excess. The top 10 places of Goa rainfall are as follows

in mm

1. Valpoi, North Goa dt - 4530
2. Sanguem, South Goa dt - 3738
3. Sanquelim, North Goa dt - 3421
4. Ponda, North Goa dt - 3249
5. Pernem, North Goa dt - 3004
6. Margao, South Goa dt - 2911
7. Ela, North Goa dt - 2859
8. Quepem, South Goa dt - 2831
9. Mapusa, North Goa dt - 2567
10. Canacona, South Goa dt - 2517

Collem and Bicholim rainfall data is not available they to would have made this list.

Kerala Top 15 rainfall in this SWM from 01.06.2013 to 24.08.2013

Kerala is enjoying the monsoon of its life time even though its is having a dull August. Only Kuttiyadi has crossed 5000 mm mark and leads the Kerala toppers.

 

in mm

1. Kuttiyadi, Kozhikode dt - 5162
2. Panamkutty, Idukki dt  - 4000
3. Chalakudy Dam, Thrissur dt - 3944
4. Vadakara, Kozhikode dt - 3878
5. Vythri, Wayanad dt - 3731
6. Pookot Wayanad dt - 3657
7. Piravom, Ernakulam dt - 3562
8. Munnar, Idukki dt - 3514
9. Irikkur, Kannur dt - 3500
10. Kannur, Kannur dt - 3188
11. Peermade, Idukki - 3153
12. Taliparamba, Kannur dt - 3128 
13. Neeriyamangalam, Ernakulam dt - 3116
14. Idukki, Idukki dt - 3074
15. Thamarasery, Kozhikode dt - 3000

The rainfall data of heavy weights such as Walakkad, Pochippara, Silent Valley, Rajamalai, Lakkidi, Neelikkal and Sairandhri are not available. These places would have also found a place in the Kerala Toppers. 

Tamil Nadu Top 10 rainfall in this SWM from 01.06.2013 to 24.08.2013

Its nearly three months since the monsoon. Sholayar Dam (Upper Sholayar) is nearing 4000 mm mark and leads the toppers ahead of other well known wettest place like Chinnakallar and Devala. Chincona and Lower Nirar Dam are not available for many days. They would have also made the list.

in mm

1. Sholayar, Coimbatore district - 3734
2. Valparai, Coimbatore district - 3321 
3. Avalanche, Nilgiris district - 3278
4. Parsons Valley, Nilgiris district - 3182
5. Devala, Nilgiris district - 3000
6. Upper Bhavani, Nilgiris district - 2937
7. Chinna Kallar, Coimbatore district - 2800
8. Naduvattam, Nilgiris district - 2000
9. Porthimund, Nilgiris district - 1813
10. Upper Kodayar, Tirunelveli district - 1500

These stations cross 5000 mm at end of September is a reality now. These places get good rains in North East Monsoon too.

Hulikal crosses 8000 mm for SWM, the All India Top 20 Toppers from 01.06.13 to 22.08.13

Amgaon has got 7651 mm till 13th August, and would have crossed 8000 mm well before Hulikal. Hulikal Annual average rainfall is 8007 mm. But this year it has matched its annual average in this SWM with more than a month to go. Cherrapunji is lagging with rains around 4000 mm. Hulikal has got twice the amount of Cherrapunji rainfall.

All India Top 20 Toppers from 01.06.13 to 22.08.13

in mm (Min 6000 mm)

1. Hulikal, Karnataka - 8001
2. Amgaon, Karnataka - 7651 (14 to 22nd August data not available)
3. Tamhini, Maharashtra - 7579
4. Mashtikatte, Karnataka - 7548 
5. Agumbe, Karnataka - 7013 
6. Suralbhi, Karnataka - 6919
7. Talacauvery, Karnataka - 6870
8. Yadur, Karnataka - 6834
9. Kitwade, Maharashtra - 6751
10. Mani Dam, Karnatak - 6627 
11. Kogar, Karnataka - 6601
12. Gavali, Karnataka - 6521
13. Mulshi, Maharashtra - 6361
14. Patgaon, Maharashtra - 6350 (1 to 11th July data not available)
15. Dawdi, Maharahtra - 6310
16. Shirgaon, Maharashtra - 6210
17. Amboli, Maharashtra - 6066 
18. Nilkund, Karnataka - 6034
19. Kanakumbi, Karnataka - 6024
20. Navaja, Maharashtra - 6000
21. Dajipur, Maharahstra - 6000

Greatest Spells of Rainfall in this SWM - 2013 (10 days)

1. Patgaon, Maharashtra - 2484 mm in 10 days

17-07-2013	165
18-07-2013	222
19-07-2013	245
20-07-2013	265
21-07-2013	275
22-07-2013	266
23-07-2013	285
24-07-2013	258
25-07-2013	255
26-07-2013	248

Patgaon got 4100 mm from 11th July to 31st July. The data from 1st July to 10th July is not available. Without the 10 days rainfall, it still managed to get 6000 mm till date.

2. Amgaon, Khanapur, Karnataka - 2390 mm in 10 days

19-07-2013	156
20-07-2013	294
21-07-2013	210
22-07-2013	222
23-07-2013	311
24-07-2013	225
25-07-2013	235
26-07-2013	220
27-07-2013	305
28-07-2013	209

Amgaon got 5100 mm from 1st July to 31st July and till date has got over 7700 mm.

3.Tamhini, Maharashtra - 2120 mm in 10 days

20-07-2013	130
21-07-2013	190
22-07-2013	170
23-07-2013	180
24-07-2013	340
25-07-2013	330
26-07-2013	220
27-07-2013	140
28-07-2013	220
29-07-2013	200

Tamhini got 4300 mm from 1st July to 31st July and till date has got over 7400 mm.


4. Kitwade, Maharashtra - 1970 mm in 10 days

24-07-2013	232
25-07-2013	250
26-07-2013	147
27-07-2013	181
28-07-2013	305
29-07-2013	93
30-07-2013	53
31-07-2013	194
01-08-2013	267
02-08-2013	247

Kitwade got 4100 mm from 1st July to 31st July.

Goa and North Karnataka Annual Rainfall averages

North Karnataka and South Maharashtra Rainfall 5000 mm rainfall from 01.06.13 to 17.08.13

Amgaon takes the lead - All India Toppers in this SWM from 01.06.2013 to 13.08.2013 (74 days)

At last, we have got Amgaon, Karnataka rainfall data. It has rained in unbelievable amounts in last week of July and first week of August. Amgaon got mind blowing 5097 mm in July alone. Here is the Super spell rainfall in Amgaon, Karnataka from 18th July till 4th August, 2013

 
in mm

18-07-2013	132.2
19-07-2013	156.4
20-07-2013	294.4
21-07-2013	210.2
22-07-2013	222.4
23-07-2013	311.4
24-07-2013	225.0
25-07-2013	235.2
26-07-2013	220.4
27-07-2013	305.0
28-07-2013	209.2
29-07-2013	135.4
30-07-2013	100.0
31-07-2013	200.2
01-08-2013	125.4
02-08-2013	102.2
03-08-2013	206.0
04-08-2013	180.2

Total - 3571 mm in 18 days

All India Toppers in this SWM from 01.06.2013 to 13.08.2013 (74 days)
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in mm (Minimum 5000 mm)

1. Amgaon, Karnataka - 7651
   
2. Hulikal, Karnataka - 7222
3. Tamini, Maharashtra - 7150
4. Mashtikatte, Karnataka - 6759
5. Talacauvery, Karnataka - 6633
6. Surlabhi, Karnataka - 6572
7. Agumbe, Karnataka - 6518
8. Yadur, Karnataka - 6297
9. Kitwade, Maharashtra - 6258
10. Mani, Karnataka - 6184
11. Kogar, Karnataka - 6097
12. Mulshi, Maharashtra - 6043
13. Dawdi, Maharashtra - 6010
14. Shiragaon, Maharashtra - 5950
15. Gavali, Karnataka - 5793
16. Nilkund, Karnataka - 5692
17. Mahabaleshwar, Maharashtra - 5511
18. Kerekatte, Karnataka - 5496
19. Dajipur, Maharashtra - 5468
20. Dungerwadi, Maharashtra - 5450
21. Kanakumbi, Karnataka - 5437
22. Navaja, Maharashtra - 5500
23. Naladi, Karnataka -  5339
24. Castle Rock, Karnataka - 5329
25. Gaganbawda, Maharashtra - 5187 
26. Amboli, Maharashtra - 5158
27. Kigga, Karnataka - 5154
28. Kollur, Karnataka - 5023
29. Kuttiyadi, Kerala - 5000
30. Mallikarjuna, Karnataka ~ 5000 

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Top private weather sites in India

Of late there are many interesting weather sites put out by individuals, with lots of valuable information. Some of the sites i have compiled are as follows. The Alexa Rank shows where they stand. The siteprice.org was used for analysis. The number of hits in some blogs will be higher due the blog being hosted for more number of years than others.

1. Kea Weather Station (India's first bloggers automated weather station)

www.kea.metsite.com  -  Total Page Views - 37,79,921

Alexa Rank - 4,16,171
Estimated Yearly Revenue - $ 2,016
Blog Worth - $ 12,457

Its the first private automated station station and is located in Chennai, Tamil Nadu. Kea stands for K Ehsan Ahmed. It is one of the best automated system one can see in this world integrated with the weather link software.

2. Ring Road Weather Station 

www.gujaratweather.com - Total Page Views  - ????

Alexa Rank - 3,85,465
Estimated Yearly Revenue - $ 3,131
Blog Worth - $ 19,603

This website by Ashok Patel is the first private automated weather station in Rajkot, Gujarat. His interview can be seen here ETV Interview Ashok Patel. He writes for forecast articles for many newspapers. The blog worth is the highest of all weather blogs in India and also has the most projected revenue per year.
 
3. Keaweather Bloggers

www.keaweather.wordpress.com -  Total Page Views  - 15,99,651

Alexa Rank - 3,75,064
Estimated Yearly Revenue - $ 2,196
Blog Worth - $ 12,188

Its a website coupled with blog, must visit for all weather lovers, i can put it in other words "its a blog that never sleeps" and has its own character and we are all one big family. So many bloggers are available to share their views. Personally i wake up in this site and the same way it will be my last site i see before i go to sleep. Because of this blog, Chennai has become weather blogging capital of India and made it to the news than any other blogs in the country. News items of Keabloggers.

 4. Indian Weatherman 

www.indianweatherman.blogspot.in - Total Page Views - 8,60,841

Alexa Rank - 20,07,569
Estimated Yearly Revenue - $ 252

Blog Worth - $ 2,071
Its a blog owned by Rakesh Rajan from Chennai, who has strategist by making most of the weather bloggers in India as authors in his blog including him. The blog is always active with new posts. The blog has a national coverage with more weightage to Chennai.


5. Vagaries of the weather

www.rajesh26.blogspot.in -  Total Page Views - 4,57,328

Alexa Rank - 45,90,299
Estimated Yearly Revenue - $ 83
Blog Worth - $ 2,393

Its a blog by Rajesh Kapadia concentrating on meteorology of the Indian Sub-continent and extreme world weather. His views are highly regarded and 100% accurate. Wen there is rain in Mumbai, people visit his blog for his forecast. I personally think he is the best freelance weather predictor available in India. And his blog is getting good number of visitors, it recently crossed 4 lakh mark. His views are also hired by The Business Line. He also writes forecast articles for many newspapers.

6. Metd Weather

www.metdweather.blogspot.com - Total Page Views - 2,29,257

Alexa Rank - 177,48,881
Estimated Yearly Revenue - $ 18
Blog Worth - $ 332


Akshay Deoras is the owner of this blog started in 2009. A student of 12th grade, he started forecasting and chasing severe weather. I wish him memorable time in predicting weather in his future.


7. Cloud and Sunshine

www.rrkelkar.wordpress.com - Total Page Views - 2,12,262

Alexa Rank - 100,16,368
Estimated Yearly Revenue - $54
Blog Worth - $ 529



This blog is created by Dr R. R. Kelkar, former Director General of the India Meteorological Department, New Delhi (1998-2003) in 2007. After his retirement from IMD, he had served as ISRO Chair Professor at the Department of Atmospheric and Space Sciences of the University of Pune (2004-2008).
Earlier, Prof Kelkar has been the President of the Indian Meteorological Society (1997-99) and an elected member of the Executive Council of the World Meteorological Organization, Geneva (1999-2003). Presently, he is a member of the Governing Council of the Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology, Pune, and the Chairman of its Research Advisory Committee. He is also a member of the Advisory Committee on Space Sciences of the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO). Prof Kelkar has written three books: ‘Satellite Meteorology’ in 2006, ‘Monsoon Prediction’ in 2008 and ‘Climate Change – A Holistic View’ in 2010. He has published more than 50 scientific papers in meteorology. He is a Fellow of the Indian Meteorological Society and a recipient of the IJMG Award and the J. Das Gupta Award.

8. Tamil Nadu Weatherman

www.tamilnaduweatherman.blogspot.in  - Total Page Views - 1,00,042

Alexa Rank - 60,27,872
Estimated Yearly Revenue - $ 65

Blog Worth - $ 549


Its a blog owned by me (Pradeep John) and started in 2010. I am following rainfall from 1990 from Chennai, i used to collect the Daily weather reports rainfall stats which come in "The Hindu'" news paper. I have taken the lead now by putting weather stats to all the weather fans in India through my blog. This blog mainly tracks all the heavy rainfall places in India. I also provide the rainfall rankings of the wettest places of India. India Today Interview of mine can be seen here - India Today Interview

9. Rajan's Take: Climate Change

www.devconsultancygroup.blogspot.in - Total Page Views - ????

Alexa Rank - 91,96,171
Estimated Yearly Revenue - $ 33
Blog Worth - $ 1,324


Its a blog by Rajan Alexander mostly on climate change and also posts on weather of India.

10. Temperature Live

www.temperaturelive.com - Total Page Views - ????

Alexa Rank - 9,58,246
Estimated Yearly Revenue - $ 756
Blog Worth - $ 4,367

This site mostly archives the Daily Weather Reports from IMD and temperature of Indian cities. It is part of the  Jumping Ant Solutions company and the blog was established in 2010 in Chennai.


11. South India Weatherman

www.southindiaweatherman.blogspot.in  - Total Page Views - 552

Alexa Rank - Not ranked
Estimated Yearly Revenue -Nil revenue
Blog Worth - $ 99

The blog started was in 2011. The updates are not frequent.


12. Tanvir Weather Blog

www.tanvirfjp.blogspot.in - Total Page Views - ????

Alexa Rank - Not ranked

Estimated Yearly Revenue -Nil revenue
Blog Worth - $ 5
This site by Tanvir mostly archives the Daily Weather Reports and Satellite Imagery from IMD.

All Dam levels of Karnataka as on 04.08.2013

KRS dam was at 70 year low storage. Thats how the things looked, very bleak on May 31st, 2013, but the best monsoon Karnataka has had in many years has changed the drought situation into surplus one. Most of these dams in Karnataka were having less than 10% storage and after the monsoon set in and they have bounced back to 90% and many others overflowing. Here are the dams levels of Karnataka as on today.

Dams in Karnataka

Ranking based on the storage capacity (TMcft) as on 04.08.2013

All Dam levels of Tamil Nadu as on 04.08.2013

Things looked very grim on May 31st, 2013, but the best monsoon in many years have given water from drought situation to surplus. Kerala and Karnataka Dams have also the best storage in many years. Most of these dams were in all time lows before monsoon set in and they have bounced back. Andhra Pradesh, Maharashtra also have majority of the dam levels in full capacity. Here the dams levels of Tamil Nadu as on today.

Dams in Tamil Nadu

Ranking based on the storage capacity as on 04.08.2013