Mawsynram, the rainiest place in the world

Mawsynram, the rainiest place in the world

       Mawsynram located in Meghalaya is a place which is considered to be the place with the highest rainfall in the world. The torrential rain that started here at 8:30 am on June 16, 2022 continued till 8:30 am the next day. It rained 1003.6 mm in just 24 hours. Earlier, the highest rainfall in a single day in the country was 1563.3 mm in Cherrapunji on June 16, 1995.

        Mawsynram had received 945.4 mm rainfall in a single day on June 7, 1996, which was the highest rainfall in a single day before that. Just imagine, how would people live in a place where it rains so much?

     

Mawsynram's name is recorded in the 'Guinness Book of World Records' for the place with the highest humidity in the world. There is a lot of humidity here because of the Bay of Bengal. The average annual rainfall here is 11,871 mm. It is recorded in the Guinness Book that in the year 1985, there was 26,000 mm rainfall in Mawsynram, which was a record in itself.

        Mawsynram is also very famous for its natural beauty. During the rainy season, it is a pleasure to see the waterfalls falling from a height and the dense fog-like clouds from close. The life of people living in any place depends a lot on the climate there. In Mawsynram and Cherrapunji, where the weather is always humid, the clothing, food habits and work habits of the people there are completely different from those living in the desert. Due to continuous rains there is no possibility of farming here. That's why everything here comes from other villages and cities. Here people always keep umbrellas made of bamboo with them. They are called 'Kanup'. Roads get spoiled very quickly due to rain. That is why people spend a lot of time repairing them. The life of the people here is very difficult.

  

       The monsoon of the Bay of Bengal is that branch of permanent winds of the southern Indian Ocean, which crosses the equator and enters India towards the east. This monsoon first hits the Arakan Yoma and Pyuyoma mountain ranges of Myanmar, causing heavy rains in the north-east. Then these monsoon winds turn straight north and reach the Khasi Hills through the Ganga delta region and rise to a height of about 1,500 meters and cause heavy rainfall at a place called Cherrapunji and Mausinram in Meghalaya.