Information provided recently by IDEAM (Institute of Hydrology,
Meteorology and Environmental Studies), the Colombian meteorological
service, indicates that one of his official sites called Port Lopez de Micay
in the Department of the Cauca, pacific region has an annual average
rainfall of 12,892.4 mm for the period of April 1960 - February 2012
.
A photograph of the airport at Puerto Lopez de Micay. It is not clear if the rain gauge is located at the airport or in the actual town nearby. Photo by Zavi from mapcarta.com
Nevertheless, there are important lagoons in the record from 1960,
specially during the period 1968-1979. Despite this it there exist
complete records of 31 years in total (until 2011) and in the records
only they are absent four months from 1991. Taking the average for these
31 complete years of information the annual average really works out a
bit higher in 13,466.3 mm. The was most rainy year a 1984 with an
amazing quantity of 23.818 mm (937.72") and the driest with 6.195 mm
(243.90'') in 1980 (both years with complete information).
A photograph of the airport at Puerto Lopez de Micay. It is not clear if the rain gauge is located at the airport or in the actual town nearby. Photo by Zavi from mapcarta.com
Almost as this there is incredible the number of days of measurable
rainfall that totalled 353 days in 1984 and 355 days in 1985 (with
19.444 mm/765.51 ") that were registered.
Almost two years of daily rains. The rainfall falls more or less
uniformly throughout the year of approximately 899 mm in February to
1197 mm in May. The most rainy month of which witness is had was an
August, 1984 when one measured 3015 mm.
Ironically, for years the site of
Lloro, Colombia in the Choco Department of northwestern Colombia has
often been referenced by numerous publications, including WMO official
reports, as perhaps being the wettest location on earth. This was based
upon a study published in 1992 by a Mr. Jesus Eslava from the University
of Bogota. He researched a site known as the Lloro Granja Agricola
(Lloro Agricultural Farm) where an average of 12,717 mm (500.67”) was
measured between 1952-1989. This site, however, was not an official
IDEAM location, unlike Puerto Lopez. The actual town of Lloro has an
average of only 7,559 mm (297.60”) for the 1971-2000 POR. So the
Colombian towns Quibdo and Tutunendo are actually considerably wetter
than Lloro (with annual average precipitations of 10,749 mm/423.19” and
11,394 mm/448.58” respectively).
The Top Wettest Places in the World
- 524.68" / 13327 mm - Puerto Lopez, Cauca, Columbia, South America
- 512.08" / 13008 mm - La Concha, Cauca, Columbia, South America
- 473.86" / 12036 mm - Bahia Malaga, Valle, Columbia, South America
- 467.35” / 11871 mm - Mawsynram, Meghalaya, India, Asia
- 463.66” / 11777 mm - Cherrapunji, Meghalaya , India, Asia
- 453.38” / 11516 mm - Cropp at Waterfall, South Island, New Zealand
- 448.58” / 11394 mm - Tutunendo, Choco, Colombia, South America
- 423.19” / 10749 mm - Quibdo, Choco, Colombia, South America
- 411.42” / 10450 mm - Ureca, Bioko Island, Equatorial Guinea, Africa
- 405.47” / 10299 mm - Debundscha, Fako, Cameroon, Africa
- 404.40” / 10272 mm - Big Bog, Maui, Hawaii, Oceania
- 384.35” / 9763 mm - Mt.Waialeale, Kauai, Hawaii, Oceania
- 365.87" / 9293 mm - Kukui, Maui, Hawaii, Oceania
- 327.72" / 8324 mm - Walakkad, Kerala, India, Asia
- 327.24" / 8312 mm - Bellenden Ker, Queensland, Australia
- 321.60” / 8169 mm - Emei Shan, Sichuan, China, Asia
- 315.24" / 8007 mm - Hulikal, Karnataka, India, Asia
- 307.90” / 7821 mm - Bowden Pen, Jamaica, Oceania
- 300.00" / 7620 mm - Agumbe, Karnataka, India, Asia
- 297.60” / 7559 mm - Lloro, Choco, Colombia, South America
Source : Christopher C. Burt
Weather Historian
Weather Historian
Weather Underground
Some compilation of Rainfall from Own Research
