Rainfall Characteristics, Pattern and Distribution at Cherapunjee, Meghalaya

Rainfall plays a major role not only in agriculture but also in allied day to day activities. The knowledge amount of rainfall, number of rainy days and its distribution over the cropping season are important for timely preparation of seed bed, selection of crop varieties, choice of cropping pattern. Rainfall analysis with advanced statistics methods using computer programming and software bring out many features which can be directly used for crop planning, land-water management, aquaculture and floriculture planning etc. The analysis of 37years (1971-2007) daily rainfall data of Cherapunjee, Meghalaya has been done for determining the characteristics of rainfall and probability of occurrence of normal weekly rainfall.