When the question comes, which is the wettest place on the Earth or which place on the Earth receives the heaviest rainfall, every ones simply answers Cherrapunji in the Indian state of Meghalaya. But today this answer is not correct. Cherrapunji was the wettest place on Earth. However, nearby Mawsynram is now credited as the wettest place on Earth and Cherrapunji is the 2nd wettest. Although both are now surpassed by Lloro of Colombia, with highest recorded rainfall, yet Mawsynram holds the highest continuous annual rainfall record, and is considered as the wettest place on Earth.
Mawsynram:- Mawsynram, a village in the East Khasi Hills district of Meghalaya state in north-eastern India is the wettest place on the Earth. Its annual rainfall is 11,872 millimetres (467.4 inch). It is 16 km to west of Cherrapunji, on the Khasi Hills. Mawsynram is located at an altitude of about 1,400 metres. According to the Guinness Book of World Records, Mawsynram received an incredible 26,000 millimetres (1,000 in) in 1985.
Cherrapunji:- Cherrapunji, a subdivisional town in East Khasi Hills district in the Indian state of Meghalaya is now the 2nd wettest place on Earth. Cherrapunji is located at an average elevation of 1,484 metres and sits on a plateau in the southern part of the Khasi Hills, facing the plains of Bangladesh. The plateau rises 600 meters above the surrounding valleys. The city’s yearly rainfall average stands at 11,777 millimetres (463.7 in). Cherrapunji receives both the Southwest and Northeast monsoonal winds, giving it a single monsoon season. Its average temperatures are 11.5 °C in January and 20.6 °C in July, and the annual mean is 17.3 °C. It holds two Guinness world records for receiving the maximum amount of rainfall in a single year: 22,987 millimetres of rainfall between 1860 and 1861 and for receiving the maximum amount of rainfall in a single month: 9,300 millimetres in July 1861.