Question

Which region receives heavy rainfall in India?

Answer 1

The highest rainfall in India and the world is recorded at Mawsynram village of Meghalaya. It is also known as land of clouds. Mawsynram is a village located in the East Khasi Hills in the district of Meghalaya state in northeastern India, which is 65 kilometres from Shillong.

Rainfall in Mawssynram

• Mawsynram receives approximately over 10,000 millimetres of rain in an average year
• The main majority of rains is during monsoon season
• Basically, due to the high altitude, it rarely gets truly hot in Mawsynram
• 14,234 mm is the recorded rainfall in the year 2010

Guinness Book of World Records

According to the Guinness Book of World Records, Mawsynram received 26,000 millimetres (1,000 in) of rainfall in 1985