Wettest Place in India: Pune’s Tamhini Ghat receives highest rainfall in India this monsoon, surpassing Cherrapunji & Mawsynram
Tamhini Ghat near Pune claims the title of wettest place in India this monsoon, surpassing surpassing Cherrapunji & Mawsynram
Tamhini Ghat is a scenic mountain pass near Pune which is popular for its waterfalls, lush green hills and gurgling waterfalls. However, this year, this famed landscape acquired another feather in its cap by surpassing Cherrapunji to claim the title of the Wettest Place in India this monsoon.
According to the data shared by India Meteorological Department (IMD), Tamhini Ghat received a whopping 9,644 mm of rainfall this monsoon, making it a place with highest rainfall in India. Cherrapunji in Meghalaya received 7,303.7 mm during the same period.
However, as the data is still being compiled, IMD officials expect the final rainfall figure for Tamhini Ghat may further go up as there was an observation of 3000 mm rainfall in a single day.
Hindustan Times quoted SD Sanap, senior meteorologist, IMD Pune saying, “If we look at the topography, both the northeastern areas and the Western Ghats are located at higher altitudes. The Sahyadri Range created a huge convergence over the region, generating exceptionally huge cloud masses, especially over the ghat section near Tamhini, which resulted in extremely heavy rain in this area.”
“Moreover, the strong monsoon flow from the Arabian Sea and systems formed over Gujarat and Maharashtra also contributed significantly to higher rainfall in the Western Ghats of Maharashtra,” Sanap added.
It is not just Tamhini this has been the wettest place in India, many other nearby places also received record-breaking rainfall this season with Davadi, Bhimashankar, Shirgaon, Lavasa, and Lonavala recording between 5,000 and 7,000 mm rainfall this monsoon.
Mahabaleshwar, Walvan, and Koyna in Satara; Ghatghar, Igatpuri, and Trimbakeshwar in Nashik; and Gaganbavada and Amboli in Kolhapur also witnessed higher than usual rainfall this year, filling all the water reservoirs in the state to their capacity.
Though the official season for the southwest monsoon ended on September 30, 2024, monsoon is yet to make its withdrawal from many parts of the country. The exact dates of monsoon withdrawal from various parts of the country will be shared by IMD as the situation unfolds.
