Summary:
Without the rain, Sohra registered a record maximum temperature of 30.3 degree Celsius on Sunday, 7.4 degree Celsius more than normal temperature. The minimum temperature was 20 degree Celsius, which was also 2 degree above normal. The last high was 29.7 degree Celsius in 1995.The Met department said that conditions necessary for rainfall in the region does not exist in the atmosphere at the moment. GUWAHATI: When Kerala lies devastated by one of the worst deluge, an all-time high rainfall deficit in northeastern region has made the wettest and second wettest places on earth, Mawsynram and Sohra (formerly Cherrapunjee), in Meghalaya’s East Khasi Hills district dry and abnormally hot.According to the Met department, it last rained at Sohra on Friday. The deficit is 29% in Assam, 22% in Tripura and 11% in Mizoram..