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NEW DELHI, 17 Jun: Just two days after recording 811.6 mm of rainfall in a day, Cherrapunji in Meghalaya received a bountiful 972 mm of precipitation in 24 hours, ending at 8:30 am on Friday, the highest in June since 1995, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) said.<\/p>\n
One of the wettest places in the world, Cherrapunji has recorded more than 800 mm of precipitation on a June day on nine occasions since the IMD started keeping records, the IMD data showed.<\/p>\n
Till Friday, Cherrapunji has received a total of 4,081.3 mm rainfall this month, Sunit Das, Scientist E at the IMD’s regional centre in Guwahati (Assam), said.<\/p>\n
In 24 hours, ending at 8:30 am on Wednesday, the town nestled in the East Khasi Hills district gauged a copious 811.2 mm of rainfall.<\/p>\n
On 16 June, 1995, Cherrapunji logged 1563.3 mm of rainfall. A day before, on 15 June, 1995, it received 930 mm of precipitation.<\/p>\n
“It doesn’t always rain like this. Fifty-sixty cm is normal (in Cherrapunji) once or twice every year. But 80 cm and above is certainly not usual,” Das told PTI.<\/p>\n
“A trough has been persisting over the region for some days and southwesterly winds have been continuously bringing a lot of moisture from the Bay of Bengal. These winds smash against the cliffs of the Khasi Hills and give rainfall,” he said.<\/p>\n
Cherrapunji recorded 673.6 mm of rainfall on Thursday, 811.6 mm on Wednesday, 62.6 mm on Tuesday, 293 mm on Monday and 354 mm on Sunday.<\/p>\n
The spell of extreme rainfall is likely to continue for one or two days. Thereafter, the intensity will decrease, the scientist said.<\/p>\n
At an aerial distance of 10 kms from Cherrapunji, Mawsynram, the wettest place in India, gauged 710.6 mm of rainfall in 24 hours ending at 8:30 am of Wednesday, the maximum since June 1966.<\/p>\n
On 10 June, 1966, Mawsynram had recorded 717.6 mm of rainfall. On 7 June, 1966, it had received 944.7 mm of precipitation, the highest on a June day since the IMD began maintaining records.<\/p>\n
The town had gauged a 24-hour rainfall of 623.4 mm on 8 June, 2015.<\/p>\n
“Mawsynram is at present the wettest place in India, with an average annual rainfall of 11,802.4 mm (average of the 1974-2022 period). Cherrapunji receives 11,359.4 mm of rainfall in a year (average of the 1971-2020 period),” Das said.<\/p>\n
Overall, the Northeast and east India have received 220.3 mm of rainfall, 39 percent more than normal, since 1 June, when the monsoon season starts.<\/p>\n
Meghalaya has gauged 865.7 mm of rainfall, 153 percent more than normal, since 1 June.<\/p>\n
Arunachal Pradesh has recorded 253.1 mm of rainfall, 22 percent more than normal, while Assam has logged 372.9 mm of rainfall, an excess of 79 percent.<\/p>\n
However, not all states in the region have seen good rainfall. Manipur, Mizoram and Tripura have reported a rainfall deficiency of 50 percent, 46 percent and 38 percent. (PTI)<\/p>\n
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