Cherrapunji gets third highest Rainfall in 122 years in 24 hours.

June 18, 2022

According to the India Meteorological Department (IMD), Strong and consistent inflow of moist southwesterly/ southerly winds from the Bay of Bengal are reaching straight over to the northeast India, resulting in such a deluge.
Such winds along with local orographic and weather factors contributed to such high rainfall over northeast India.
Such extreme rain comes after last month’s surplus rain over the northeast India region. Between March and May this year, Meghalaya received 93 per cent surplus rain and had ended as one of the wettest northeastern states.
The rainfall received at Cherrapunji was more than what Mumbai would record during an entire monsoon season between June to September.