This brings us back to the state of Meghalaya. The root of this state’s rainy reputation is the legendary monsoon. This is the seasonal prevailing wind that brings extreme rainfall to parts of South and South East Asia every year.
Thanks to the monsoon, as much as 90% of Mawsynram’s record-breaking annual rainfall can actually fall in just six months, from May to October. July is the wettest month of all here with the world’s highest monthly average rainfall of over 3500mm (120”).
But in the dry winter months from December to February, very little rain falls.
When local people struggle for drinking water, the title of the wettest place on Earth becomes its biggest paradox.