Fact file on mahabaleshwar6/2/2023 “The heavy rain in and around Mahabaleshwar was because of the low pressure that had formed over West Bengal-Odisha and the movement of this system towards Central India,” said AK Srivastava, head of climate monitoring and analysis at IMD, Pune.Ībhimanyu Kulkarni (HT Editorial, New Delhi)8:47 AM (1 minute ago)to me 2017: Cherrapunji topped the list as the wettest place in the country with 7,632.2 mm rainfall from June to September ![]() Mahabaleshwar, which falls in the hilly terrain of Western Ghats so far has received 5,619 mm rainfall, about 100 mm more than what it got in the entire season in 2017. ![]() In a normal rainy season (May to October), Cherrupunji, known for its waterfalls, gets about 8,000 mm of rain. The latter has received substantially less rain this year as compared to the average it gets during the south-west monsoon.īetween June 1 and August 28, the erstwhile wettest place on earth in Meghalaya got 4,730.2 mm rainfall as compared to 6,960 mm in the same period last year. It isn’t as if Mahabaleshwar rained on Cherrapunji’s parade, though. ![]() Move over Cherrapunji the wettest place in India this year is Mahabaleshwar, in Maharashtra.Īccording to the India Meterological department (IMD), the hill station in Maharashtra tops even Mawsynram, Cherrapunji’s neighbour in Meghalaya, and now widely considered the place that receives the most rain in the country.
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