Instead of wondering if this was a world record, Mr. RV Sharma could have simply googled for the facts.
Here are the records: Highest ever in the world: #1. 187 cm, recorded at Cilaos on March 15-16 in 1952, a station in the La Reunion Island in the Indian Ocean, 400 miles east of Madagascar. Others: #2. 184 cm, Cherrapunjee, Meghalaya, India, June 10, 2003 #3. 118 cm, Amni Devi Island, Kerala, India, May 6, 2004, #4. 104 cm, Cherrapunjee, Meghalaya, India, June 14, 1876 #5. 102 cm, Jowai, Meghalaya, India, September 11, 1877 #6. 99 cm, Dharmpur, North Konkan-South Gujarat coast July 2 1941
5 out of those 6 incidents have take place in India. And it's surprising to see Director of meteorological department at a loss of this information.
not only people in india suffered but all over the worl people like me who were travelling back to bombay from US had to stay either in london,frankfurt or US itself and cathc the next flight if the airport in bombay was open. It was a lot of inconvenience and lot of tension to parents back home. We still need to improve the drainage system though over the years there has always been some improvement. Low lying areas should be given special attention. thanks
The following facts are in response to the comment made by RV Sharma, director of the meteorological department: "Most places in India don't receive this kind of rainfall in a year. This is the highest-ever recorded in India's history. We have to compare it with world records to find out if this was the highest in the world".
WORLD RAINFALL EXTREMES HIGHEST AVERAGE ANNUAL RAINFALL Mt Waialeale, Hawaii 11,680 mm (460 inches) HIGHEST IN ONE YEAR Cherrapunji, India 26,461 mm (1,042 inches) HIGHEST IN ONE CALENDAR MONTH Cherrapunji, India 9,300 mm (366 inches) HIGHEST IN 24 HOURS Fac Fac, La Reunion Island 1,825 mm (72 inches) HIGHEST IN 12 HOURS Belouve, La Reunion Island 1,350 mm (53 inches)
Caught on the back foot... contd... However, the record was broken when a cyclonic storm hit the north Kerala coast in the first week of May 2004. In that year, Amni Devi Island recorded a rainfall of 118 cm on May 6, 2004, Lakshmianrayanan said. Thus Amni Devi Island holds the record of highest single day rainfall of 118 cm in mainland India while Cherrapunjee holds the highest single day rainfall of 184 cm in a hill station in India, which is very close to the world record of 187 cm.The former director quoted a recent research journal of the India Meteorological Department "Mausam", to substantiate his claims.
Cherapunji breaks its own record... Cherrapunjee has indeed broken its own record of one-day rainfall in India but it hasn't broken yet the world's highest record if one goes back to 1952, according to former Director, Meteorological Centre, Mr R.Lakshmianrayanan.As per available records, Cherrapunjee has recorded the highest rainfall of 104 cm on June 14, 1876. But on June 10, 2003, Cherrapunjee recorded a rainfall of 184 cm beating the earlier record of 104 cm, Mr L. said quoting records. As per data, the highest single-day rainfall of 187 cm in the world was recorded by Cilaos on March 15-16 in 1952, a station in the La Reunion Island in the Indian Ocean, 400 miles east of Madagascar.However, going by the data of 1875 to 1990, there have been only two stations in India, both in Meghalaya which recorded a rainfall of more than 100 cm and they are Cherrapunjee (104 cm on June 14, 1876) and Jowai (102 cm on September 11, 1877). The highest rainfall recorded in mainland India in one day before the Independence was 99 cm on July 2 at Dharmpur in the North Konkan-South Gujarat coast during the cyclonic storm in July 1941.
Mumbai Fifth Highest-ever rain in World history (World Record- Fifth Position) Mujibur Rahaman in Mumbai | July 27, 2005 22.00 IST
This is in reference to the article referred below,
" Highest-ever rain in India's history" today ie. July 27, 2005 13:39 IST
I would like to draw your attention about highest rainfall and to clarify about the comparison of the Mumbai rainfall with world record as given below,
World Record Position Rainfall Location &nb sp;Date Depth(mm) &nb sp; 1 1,825 Foc Foc, La Réunion 7-8 Jan 1966 2 1,689 Belouve, La Réunion 28-89 Feb 1964 3 1,400 Muduocaidang, China 1-Aug-77 4 1,087 ; Belouve, La Réunion 28-Feb-64 5 944 Mumbai, India 26-Jul-2005 6 840 Muduocaidang, China 1-Aug-77
I am a delhite and has experienced Mumbaoi rains, But from what i read here.... It sounds pretty much like the Indian version of "The day after tomorrow" Take care and good luck to you all.
