The highest rainfall in the world occurs at a place called Masinram located in the state of Meghalaya, India. Therefore it is considered to be the wettest region in the world. The region receives more than 11000 mm of rainfall annually.
Located in the north-east of India, Meghalaya is famous for its mountains, waterfalls and natural beauty as well as rainfall.
Masinram, the world's wettest place, is where it receives the highest average rainfall in the world. It is a beautiful village situated in the Khasi Hills region of Meghalaya, which is at an altitude of 1491 meters. The annual average rainfall here is 11872 mm (467.4 in). This rainfall is 10 times more than the national average of 1083 mm of rain in India.
Cherrapunji, who settled in this area, had earlier this record, which the local people call Sohra. Cherrapunji's name is still recorded in the Guinness Book for the highest rainfall in a month. In July 1861, 9300 mm or 366 inches of rain was recorded here. Also, from 1 August 1860 to 31 July 1861, there was a rainfall of 26,461 mm, which is a record. Cherrapunji has an average annual rainfall of 11,777 mm.
The Bay of Bengal monsoon is that branch of permanent winds of the southern Indian Ocean that cross the equator and enter India eastwards. They first hit the Arakanyoma and Piguyoma ranges of Myanmar and cause intense rain. After this, it turns north and reaches the Khasi hills through the delta region of the Ganges and rains heavily in Cherrapunji and Masinram region of Meghalaya.
Some of the world's major wetlands
Massinram is famous for the highest rainfall, but the record for the highest rainfall in 24 hours is named after the French island of Focke-Falc in Réunion, which received 1825 mm of rain on 8 January 1966. It was caused by cyclonic storm Dennis.
Wherein the city of Lyoro in northwestern Colombia recorded an annual rainfall of 13,473 mm between 1952 and 1954, which is higher than Masinram. But the scale used to measure the rainfall at that time is not valid.
Talking about the metropolitan cities, the annual rainfall average of Mumbai (India) is more than 2300 mm and here the pictures of the magnitude of the rain come to the fore every year. The annual average in Singapore is also over 2300 mm. The average of Manila, the capital of the Philippines, is 2047 mm and that of Jakarta, the capital of Indonesia, is 1855 mm per year.
Monrovia, the capital of the African country of Liberia, has got the title of the wettest capital in the world. The annual average rainfall here is 179 inches. It receives 996 mm of rainfall in July alone and the city's roads are flooded due to this vicious form of rain.
Quidadatranma of South America receives a lot of rain. Up to 7328 mm of rain falls here annually. It is surrounded by rainforests on all sides. The population here is around 1.25 lakh and people depend only on rain for drinking water. It rains here every day for several months. About 85 percent of the people collect and use the water dripping from the roof.
Mount Imei in China is considered one of the four sacred mountains of Buddhism and receives the highest rainfall in China. There are so many clouds here that it is as if there is a sea of clouds. The annual rainfall here is 8169 mm.
some facts about rain
Raindrops are shown in the shape of a teardrop but they are not actually like that. In its initial phase the droplets are spherical. On coming towards the ground, their shape changes and due to the wind, the bottom of the droplets is flattened and curved like a jelly bean.
The average speed of droplets is 14 mph and if there are clouds at an altitude of 2500 feet, it takes 2 to 7 minutes for the droplets to reach the ground.
Nimbostratus and cumolonimbus types of clouds are generally responsible for rainfall. In the sky, the dark black clouds near the ground are nimbostratus and the mountainous clouds with a dark gray bottom are cumolonimbus clouds. These are also called storm clouds.
Not all drops are made of water. Sulfuric acid and methane rain on Venus and other satellites and planets. About a planet 5000 light-years away, scientists have discovered that raindrops there are made of iron elements.
Rain doesn't always soak the ground. In hot places, these droplets turn into vapor before they fall to the ground due to heat.
The currency of the African country of Botswana is the Botswana Pula. Pula means rain. It got this name to show that it is as priceless as the rain in the Sahara.
The lowest rainfall occurs not in a sandy or hot desert, but in Antarctica, which receives 6.5 inches of rain or snowfall throughout the year.
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