[1][2][3] According to the Guinness Book of World Records, Mawsynram received 26,000 millimetres (1,000 in) of rainfall in 1985.

Mawsynram is located at 25° 18′ N, 91° 35′ E, at an altitude of about 1,400 meters (4,600 ft), 15 km west of Cherrapunji, in the Khasi Hills in the state of Meghalaya (India).

The village also experiences a brief but noticeably drier season from December until February, when monthly precipitation on average does not exceed 30 millimetres (1.2 in).

The little precipitation during the village's "low sun" season is something that is shared by many areas with this type of climate.

[19] Inside this cave is a pair of notable speleothems - stalactites shaped like a cow's udder over a large stalagmite.