Cherrapunji logs whopping 811.6 mm of rainfall in a day, highest in June in 27 yrs

New Delhi, Jun 15 (PTI) As monsoon rain pummelled norast, Cherrapunji in Meghalaya recorded a massive 811.6 mm of rainfall in 24 hours ending 8:30 am on Wednesday, highest in June since 1995, India Meteorological Department (IMD) said.

One of wettest places in world, Cherrapunji has recorded more than 750 mm of precipitation on a June day on 10 occasions since IMD started keeping records, IMD data showed.   On June 16, 1995, town nestled in East Khasi Hills gauged 1563.3 mm of rainfall. A day before, on June 15, 1995, it received 930 mm of precipitation.  Met office said southwest monsoon furr vanced into more parts of Maharashtra, Karnataka, Tamil Nu and coastal Andhra Presh on Wednesday.

It said ongoing spell of intense rainfall is likely to continue in norast and sub-Himalayan West Bengal and Sikkim during next five days.

"Under influence of strong southwesterly winds from Bay of Bengal in lower tropospheric levels and a trough in westerlies in middle tropospheric levels, isolated extremely heavy rainfall is likely over Arunachal Presh on June 15; over Assam and Meghalaya on June 15-16 and sub-Himalayan West Bengal and Sikkim till June 17," it said. PTI GVS ZMN