Three quarters of India's rain falls in four months, June to September. July and August alone bring nearly half.

The tallest spike is Meghalaya: more than 12 metres of rain a year on one patch of hills. India as a whole gets about 1.3.

Data: CHIRPS v3

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Half of China's rain falls in three months, June through August. Three years of daily rain, 2023 to 2026. One patch of the Guangxi coast averages 3.6 metres a year; the Tarim Basin averages under 5 centimetres.

Data: CHIRPS v3.0.
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Just another day in paradise…

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⛈️ Ganga River during Monsoon season Rishikesh in the Himalayan foothills beside the Ganges River.

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South Asia's rivers breathe with the monsoon. Before the rains the combined flow to the sea sits near 9,000 m3/s; at the August peak it reaches roughly 209,000, a 23-fold swing in a year. Data: @copernicusecmwf.bsky.social GloFAS.

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Monsoon season is among us. Our power is out so nothing better to do than to try and catch some lighting on video! #lightning #monsoon #arizina #tucson #rain #showers #thunder #thundersong #downpour #wow #nature

Dark skies west of Boulder. Two rain drops and a brief cool down so far. #COwx #Monsoon