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	'''Mawsynram''' ({{IPAc-en\|ˈ\|m\|ɔ:\|s\|ɪ\|n\|ˌ\|r\|ʌ\|m}}) is a town in the [[East Khasi Hills district]] of Meghalaya state in [[Northeastern India]], 60.9 kilometres from Shillong. Mawsynram receives the highest rainfall in India. It is reportedly the wettest place on Earth, with an average annual [[rainfall]] of {{convert\|11,872\|mm\|in~~\|lk=on~~}},<ref name="year-rain">{{cite web \|url=http://wmo.asu.edu/#global \|title=Global Weather & Climate Extremes \|website=Arizona State University World Meteorological Organization \|accessdate=2015-07-22}}</ref><ref name="year-rain2">{{cite web \| title = Meghalaya: The Wettest Place on Earth \|work=The Atlantic \| url = https://www.theatlantic.com/infocus/2014/08/meghalaya-the-wettest-place-on-earth/100797/ \|date=22 August 2014\| accessdate = 2014-08-23 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web \| title = Mawsynram, India\|work=National Geographic \| url = http://travel.nationalgeographic.com/travel/365-photos/rain-mawsynram-india/ \|date=4 February 2013\| accessdate = 2014-08-23 }}</ref> but that claim is disputed by [[Lloró]], [[Colombia]], which reported an average yearly rainfall of {{convert\|12,717\|mm\|in\|lk=on}} between 1952 and 1989<ref>http://www.banrepcultural.org/blaavirtual/faunayflora/pacific1/cap10.htm</ref><ref name="Lacerda2004">{{cite book\|author=Luiz Drude de Lacerda\|title=Environmental Geochemistry in Tropical and Subtropical Environments\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=3th0bNos0OcC&pg=PA177\|date=2004\|publisher=Springer Science & Business Media\|isbn=978-3-540-42540-3\|pages=177–}}</ref> and [[López de Micay]], also in Colombia, which reported {{convert\|12892\|mm\|abbr=on}} per year between 1960 and 2012.<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.wunderground.com/blog/weatherhistorian/comment.html?entrynum=135#commenttop \|title=Weather Extremes : New Wettest Place on Earth Discovered? - Weather Underground \|work=wunderground.com \|url-status=dead \|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20141031053635/http://www.wunderground.com/blog/weatherhistorian/comment.html?entrynum=135 \|archivedate=2014-10-31 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.tiempo.com/ram/32180/descubierto-en-colombia-un-nuevo-lugar-mas-humedo-en-la-tierra/\|title=¿Descubierto en Colombia un nuevo lugar más húmedo en la Tierra?\|work=tiempo.com}}</ref> According to the ''[[Guinness World Records\|Guinness Book of World Records]]'', Mawsynram received {{convert\|26,000\|mm\|in}} of [[rainfall]] in 1985.{{citation needed\|date=June 2021}}		'''Mawsynram''' ({{IPAc-en\|ˈ\|m\|ɔ:\|s\|ɪ\|n\|ˌ\|r\|ʌ\|m}}) is a town in the [[East Khasi Hills district]] of [[Meghalaya]] state in [[Northeastern India]], 60.9 kilometres from [[Shillong]], the state capital. Mawsynram receives the highest rainfall in India. It is reportedly the wettest place on Earth, with an average annual [[rainfall]] of {{convert\|11,872\|mm\|in}},<ref name="year-rain">{{cite web \|url=http://wmo.asu.edu/#global \|title=Global Weather & Climate Extremes \|website=Arizona State University World Meteorological Organization \|accessdate=2015-07-22}}</ref><ref name="year-rain2">{{cite web \| title = Meghalaya: The Wettest Place on Earth \|work=The Atlantic \| url = https://www.theatlantic.com/infocus/2014/08/meghalaya-the-wettest-place-on-earth/100797/ \|date=22 August 2014\| accessdate = 2014-08-23 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web \| title = Mawsynram, India\|work=National Geographic \| url = http://travel.nationalgeographic.com/travel/365-photos/rain-mawsynram-india/ \|date=4 February 2013\| accessdate = 2014-08-23 }}</ref> but that claim is disputed by [[Lloró]], [[Colombia]], which reported an average yearly rainfall of {{convert\|12,717\|mm\|in\|abbr=on}} between 1952 and 1989<ref>http://www.banrepcultural.org/blaavirtual/faunayflora/pacific1/cap10.htm</ref><ref name="Lacerda2004">{{cite book\|author=Luiz Drude de Lacerda\|title=Environmental Geochemistry in Tropical and Subtropical Environments\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=3th0bNos0OcC&pg=PA177\|date=2004\|publisher=Springer Science & Business Media\|isbn=978-3-540-42540-3\|pages=177–}}</ref> and [[López de Micay]], also in Colombia, which reported {{convert\|12892\|mm\|abbr=on}} per year between 1960 and 2012.<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.wunderground.com/blog/weatherhistorian/comment.html?entrynum=135#commenttop \|title=Weather Extremes : New Wettest Place on Earth Discovered? - Weather Underground \|work=wunderground.com \|url-status=dead \|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20141031053635/http://www.wunderground.com/blog/weatherhistorian/comment.html?entrynum=135 \|archivedate=2014-10-31 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.tiempo.com/ram/32180/descubierto-en-colombia-un-nuevo-lugar-mas-humedo-en-la-tierra/\|title=¿Descubierto en Colombia un nuevo lugar más húmedo en la Tierra?\|work=tiempo.com\|date=22 March 2013}}</ref> According to the ''[[Guinness World Records\|Guinness Book of World Records]]'', Mawsynram received {{convert\|26,000\|mm\|in}} of [[rainfall]] in 1985.{{citation needed\|date=June 2021}}
	Mawsynram received 745.2 mm of rainfall on August ~~19 of~~ 2015, probably the highest rainfall received by the town to date.<ref>{{cite web \|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/guwahati/Mawsynram-rains-on-Sohra-parade-again/articleshow/48561354.cms \|title=Mawsynram rains on Sohra parade, again \|last=Das \|first=Manosh \|date=2015-08-21 \|website=The Times of India \|publisher= \|access-date=2021-08-18 \|quote=}}</ref>		Mawsynram received 745.2 mm of rainfall on 19 August 2015, probably the highest rainfall received by the town to date.<ref>{{cite web \|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/guwahati/Mawsynram-rains-on-Sohra-parade-again/articleshow/48561354.cms \|title=Mawsynram rains on Sohra parade, again \|last=Das \|first=Manosh \|date=2015-08-21 \|website=The Times of India \|publisher= \|access-date=2021-08-18 \|quote=}}</ref>

	==Location==		==Location==
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	===Climate and rainfall===		===Climate and rainfall===
	Under the [[Köppen climate classification]], Mawsynram features a [[subtropical highland climate]] (Cwb) with an extraordinarily showery, rainy and long monsoonal season and a short dry season. Based on the data of a recent few decades, it appears to be the wettest place in the world, or the place with the highest average annual rainfall.<ref>{{Cite journal\|~~last~~=Kuttippurath\|~~first~~=J\|last2=Murasingh\|first2=S\|last3=Stott\|first3=P A\|last4=Sarojini\|first4=B Balan\|last5=Jha\|first5=Madan K\|last6=Kumar\|first6=P\|last7=Nair\|first7=P J\|last8=Varikoden\|first8=H\|last9=Raj\|first9=S\|last10=Francis\|first10=P A\|last11=Pandey\|first11=P C\|date=2021-01-22\|title=Observed rainfall changes in the past century (1901–2019) over the wettest place on Earth~~\|url=https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1748-9326/abcf78~~\|journal=Environmental Research Letters\|volume=16\|issue=2\|pages=024018\|doi=10.1088/1748-9326/abcf78\|issn=1748-9326\|doi-access=free}}</ref> Mawsynram receives over 10,000 millimeters of rain in an average year, and the vast majority of the rain it gets falls during the [[Monsoon of India\|monsoon]] months. A comparison of rainfalls for [[Cherrapunji]] and Mawsynram for some years is given in Table 1.<ref>''The Tribune'', Chandigarh, August 2003. {{full citation needed\|date=September 2018}}</ref>		Under the [[Köppen climate classification]], Mawsynram features a [[subtropical highland climate]] (Cwb) with an extraordinarily showery, rainy and long monsoonal season and a short dry season. Based on the data of a recent few decades, it appears to be the wettest place in the world, or the place with the highest average annual rainfall.<ref>{{Cite journal\|last1=Kuttippurath\|first1=J\|last2=Murasingh\|first2=S\|last3=Stott\|first3=P A\|last4=Sarojini\|first4=B Balan\|last5=Jha\|first5=Madan K\|last6=Kumar\|first6=P\|last7=Nair\|first7=P J\|last8=Varikoden\|first8=H\|last9=Raj\|first9=S\|last10=Francis\|first10=P A\|last11=Pandey\|first11=P C\|date=2021-01-22\|title=Observed rainfall changes in the past century (1901–2019) over the wettest place on Earth\|journal=Environmental Research Letters\|volume=16\|issue=2\|pages=024018\|doi=10.1088/1748-9326/abcf78\|bibcode=2021ERL....16b4018K\|issn=1748-9326\|doi-access=free}}</ref> Mawsynram receives over 10,000 millimeters of rain in an average year, and the vast majority of the rain it gets falls during the [[Monsoon of India\|monsoon]] months. A comparison of rainfalls for [[Cherrapunji]] and Mawsynram for some years is given in Table 1.<ref>''The Tribune'', Chandigarh, August 2003. {{full citation needed\|date=September 2018}}</ref>
	Mawsynram receives the highest rainfall in India. Although it is reportedly the wettest place on Earth, with an average annual rainfall of 11,872 millimetres (467.4 in), this claim is disputed by Lloró, Colombia, which reported an average yearly rainfall of 12,717 millimetres (500.7 in) between 1952 and 1989 and López de Micay, also in Colombia, which reported 12,892 mm (507.6 in) per year between 1960 and 2012.		Mawsynram receives the highest rainfall in India. Although it is reportedly the wettest place on Earth, with an average annual rainfall of 11,872 millimetres (467.4 in), this claim is disputed by Lloró, Colombia, which reported an average yearly rainfall of 12,717 millimetres (500.7 in) between 1952 and 1989 and López de Micay, also in Colombia, which reported 12,892 mm (507.6 in) per year between 1960 and 2012.

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'''Mawsynram''' ({{IPAc-en|ˈ|m|ɔ:|s|ɪ|n|ˌ|r|ʌ|m}}) is a town in the [[East Khasi Hills district]] of Meghalaya state in [[Northeastern India]], 60.9 kilometres from Shillong. Mawsynram receives the highest rainfall in India. It is reportedly the wettest place on Earth, with an average annual [[rainfall]] of {{convert|11,872|mm|in|lk=on}},<ref name="year-rain">{{cite web |url=http://wmo.asu.edu/#global |title=Global Weather & Climate Extremes |website=Arizona State University World Meteorological Organization |accessdate=2015-07-22}}</ref><ref name="year-rain2">{{cite web | title = Meghalaya: The Wettest Place on Earth |work=The Atlantic | url = https://www.theatlantic.com/infocus/2014/08/meghalaya-the-wettest-place-on-earth/100797/ |date=22 August 2014| accessdate = 2014-08-23 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | title = Mawsynram, India|work=National Geographic | url = http://travel.nationalgeographic.com/travel/365-photos/rain-mawsynram-india/ |date=4 February 2013| accessdate = 2014-08-23 }}</ref> but that claim is disputed by [[Lloró]], [[Colombia]], which reported an average yearly rainfall of {{convert|12,717|mm|in|lk=on}} between 1952 and 1989<ref>http://www.banrepcultural.org/blaavirtual/faunayflora/pacific1/cap10.htm</ref><ref name="Lacerda2004">{{cite book|author=Luiz Drude de Lacerda|title=Environmental Geochemistry in Tropical and Subtropical Environments|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=3th0bNos0OcC&pg=PA177|date=2004|publisher=Springer Science & Business Media|isbn=978-3-540-42540-3|pages=177–}}</ref> and [[López de Micay]], also in Colombia, which reported {{convert|12892|mm|abbr=on}} per year between 1960 and 2012.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.wunderground.com/blog/weatherhistorian/comment.html?entrynum=135#commenttop |title=Weather Extremes : New Wettest Place on Earth Discovered? - Weather Underground |work=wunderground.com |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20141031053635/http://www.wunderground.com/blog/weatherhistorian/comment.html?entrynum=135 |archivedate=2014-10-31 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.tiempo.com/ram/32180/descubierto-en-colombia-un-nuevo-lugar-mas-humedo-en-la-tierra/|title=¿Descubierto en Colombia un nuevo lugar más húmedo en la Tierra?|work=tiempo.com}}</ref> According to the ''[[Guinness World Records|Guinness Book of World Records]]'', Mawsynram received {{convert|26,000|mm|in}} of [[rainfall]] in 1985.{{citation needed|date=June 2021}}
Mawsynram received 745.2 mm of rainfall on August 19 of 2015, probably the highest rainfall received by the town to date.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/guwahati/Mawsynram-rains-on-Sohra-parade-again/articleshow/48561354.cms |title=Mawsynram rains on Sohra parade, again |last=Das |first=Manosh |date=2015-08-21 |website=The Times of India |publisher= |access-date=2021-08-18 |quote=}}</ref>

==Location==
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Mawsynram is located at 25° 18′ N, 91° 35′ E, at an altitude of about 1,400 metres (4,600 ft), 15 km west of [[Cherrapunji]], in the [[Khasi Hills]] in the state of [[Meghalaya]] ([[India]]).

===Climate and rainfall===
Under the [[Köppen climate classification]], Mawsynram features a [[subtropical highland climate]] (Cwb) with an extraordinarily showery, rainy and long monsoonal season and a short dry season. Based on the data of a recent few decades, it appears to be the wettest place in the world, or the place with the highest average annual rainfall.<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Kuttippurath|first=J|last2=Murasingh|first2=S|last3=Stott|first3=P A|last4=Sarojini|first4=B Balan|last5=Jha|first5=Madan K|last6=Kumar|first6=P|last7=Nair|first7=P J|last8=Varikoden|first8=H|last9=Raj|first9=S|last10=Francis|first10=P A|last11=Pandey|first11=P C|date=2021-01-22|title=Observed rainfall changes in the past century (1901–2019) over the wettest place on Earth|url=https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1748-9326/abcf78|journal=Environmental Research Letters|volume=16|issue=2|pages=024018|doi=10.1088/1748-9326/abcf78|issn=1748-9326|doi-access=free}}</ref> Mawsynram receives over 10,000 millimeters of rain in an average year, and the vast majority of the rain it gets falls during the [[Monsoon of India|monsoon]] months. A comparison of rainfalls for [[Cherrapunji]] and Mawsynram for some years is given in Table 1.<ref>''The Tribune'', Chandigarh, August 2003. {{full citation needed|date=September 2018}}</ref>
Mawsynram receives the highest rainfall in India. Although it is reportedly the wettest place on Earth, with an average annual rainfall of 11,872 millimetres (467.4 in), this claim is disputed by Lloró, Colombia, which reported an average yearly rainfall of 12,717 millimetres (500.7 in) between 1952 and 1989 and López de Micay, also in Colombia, which reported 12,892 mm (507.6 in) per year between 1960 and 2012.

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| Feb high C =16.8
| Mar high C =20.7
| Apr high C =22.1
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| Jul high C =22.4
| Aug high C =22.9
| Sep high C =22.8
| Oct high C =22.0
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| Nov mean C =15.2
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| Jan low C =6.9
| Feb low C =8.8
| Mar low C =12.3
| Apr low C =14.7
| May low C =15.9
| Jun low C =17.5
| Jul low C =18.0
| Aug low C =18.0
| Sep low C =17.8
| Oct low C =15.3
| Nov low C =11.2
| Dec low C =8.0

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| Jan precipitation mm =17
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| Mar precipitation mm =163
| Apr precipitation mm =451
| May precipitation mm =1083
| Jun precipitation mm =2348
| Jul precipitation mm =2467
| Aug precipitation mm =1714
| Sep precipitation mm =853
| Oct precipitation mm =338
| Nov precipitation mm =52
| Dec precipitation mm =11
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Primarily due to the high altitude, it seldom gets truly hot in Mawsynram. Average monthly temperatures range from around 11 °C in January to just above 20 °C in August. The village also experiences a brief but noticeably drier season from December until February, when monthly precipitation on average does not exceed {{convert|30|mm|in}}. The little precipitation during the village's "low sun" season is something that is shared by many areas with this type of climate.

The following table is a comparison of rainfalls for [[Cherrapunji]] and Mawsynram between 1970 and 2010.

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Year
! Cherrapunji Rainfall (mm)
! Mawsynram Rainfall (mm)
|-
| 2010
| 13 472
| 14 234
|-
| 2009
| 9 070
| 12 459
|-
| 2008
| 11 415
| 12 670
|-
| 2007
| 12 647
| 13 302
|-
| 2006
| 8 734
| 8 082
|-
| 2005
| 9 758
| 10 072
|-
| 2004
| 14 791
| 14 026
|-
| 2003
| 10 499
| 11 767
|-
| 2002
| 12 262
| 11 118
|-
| 2001
| 9 071
| 10 765
|-
| 2000
| 11 221
| 13 561
|-
| 1999
| 12 503
| 13 445
|-
|1998
| 14 536
| 16 720
|-
|1997
| 8 993
| 9 892
|-
|1996
| 12 989
| 12 850
|-
|1995
| 14 189
| 13 832
|-
|1994
| 11 194
| 10 940
|-
|1993
| 12 807
| 13 848
|-
|1992
| 8 537
| 10 450
|-
|1991
| 13 494
| 16 112
|-
|1990
| 11 598
| 12 934
|-
|1989
| 13 432
| 8 828
|-
|1988
| 17 948
| 16 750
|-
|1987
| 13 153
| NA
|-
|1986
| 8 140
| NA
|-
|1985
| 11 816
| 26 000
|-
|1984
| 16 761
| 25 613
|-
|1983
| 9 773
| 12 163
|-
|1982
| 10 468
| 9 246
|-
|1981
| 9 113
| 9 739
|-
|1980
| 9 133
| 9 739
|-
|1979
| 12 095
| NA
|-
|1978
| 6 950
| NA
|-
|1977
| 11 689
| 11 986
|-
|1976
| 11 012
| 6 134
|-
|1975
| 11 976
| 10 639
|-
|1974
| 24 554
| NA
|-
|1973
| 10 911
| NA
|-
|1972
| 11 095
| NA
|-
|1971
| 16 915
| NA
|-
|1970
| 15 318
| NA
|}

<ref>http://megplanning.gov.in/handbook/1975.pdf</ref><ref>http://megplanning.gov.in/handbook/1978.pdf</ref>
<ref>http://megplanning.gov.in/handbook/1984.pdf</ref><ref>http://megplanning.gov.in/handbook/1987.pdf</ref>
<ref>http://megplanning.gov.in/handbook/1995.pdf</ref><ref>http://megplanning.gov.in/handbook/1998.pdf</ref><ref>http://megplanning.gov.in/handbook/1992.pdf</ref><ref>http://www.megplanning.gov.in/handbook/2008.pdf</ref><ref>http://www.cherrapunjee.com/weather-info/rainfall-chart/</ref>

[[File:Nature made Shivalinga in Mawjymbuin Cave Mawsynram Meghalaya India.jpg|thumb|Natural stalagmite in Mawjymbuin Cave, Mawsynram Meghalaya.<ref name="th">[http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-features/tp-metroplus/the-scotland-of-the-east/article2259296.ece The Scotland of the East!] The Hindu, October 15, 2007</ref>]]
Three reasons can be cited for high rainfall at Mawsynram:{{Citation needed|date=April 2016}}
#The warm moist winds of the northward-moving air from the [[Bay of Bengal]] during the [[Monsoon of India|monsoon]], which cover an extensive area but are forced to converge into the narrower zone over the Khasi Hills, thus concentrating their moisture.{{Citation needed|date=April 2016}}
#The alignment of the Khasi Hills (east to west) places them directly in the path of the airflow from the Bay of Bengal, producing a significant [[Tectonic uplift|uplift]] (plus cooling, further condensation and thus more rain).{{Citation needed|date=April 2016}}
#Finally, uplift over the [[Khasi Hills]] is virtually continuous in the [[Monsoon of India|monsoon]] period because the lifted air is constantly being pulled up by vigorous winds in the upper [[atmosphere]]; hence, the rainfall is more or less continuous.{{Citation needed|date=April 2016}}

===Natural landmarks===
Located in Mawsynram, is a cave named Mawjymbuin, known for its [[stalagmites]].<ref>{{cite web | title = Khasi Hills: Mawsynram|work=Department of Tourism, Government of Meghalaya| url = http://megtourism.gov.in/dest-khasi.html | accessdate = 2014-08-23 }}</ref> Inside this cave is a pair of notable [[speleothem]]s - stalactites shaped like a cow's udder over a large stalagmite. The area is known for its many caves, both commercialized and non-commercialized.

== References ==
{{reflist}}
* Middleton, Nick. Going to Extremes. Pan, 2012.

==External links==
* [http://www.tribuneindia.com/2003/20030824/main8.htm The Tribune (India) - The dispute between Mawsynram and Cherrapunji for the title of "wettest place on earth"]

[[Category:Villages in East Khasi Hills district]]
[[Category:Weather extremes of Earth]]
[[Category:Geography of Meghalaya]]