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The figures for rain in Mawsynram (2nd paragraph) are incorrect. Either the Guiness WBoR is misquoted or the writer made a mistake in unit conversion, but it's off by a factor of 10. -24.214.66.188 13:33, 9 Jun 2005 (UTC)

I'm sure that the Guiness WBoR verifies all its records before publishing. I've listed the ISBN and number if you want to crosscheck.  =Nichalp (Talk)= 09:25, Jun 10, 2005 (UTC)
The anon was correct that something was quite off. The original "11,873 cm (4,678 in)" figures were ridiculously high, especially considering the record for annual rainfall was listed only a few sentences earlier as being one fifth that. The units were wrong; "cm" should have been "mm". The error has already been corrected by others. -- Cyrius|✎ 10:40, 10 Jun 2005 (UTC)
Yeah its now correct and the inches too are now correct. Thanks anon.  =Nichalp (Talk)= 12:22, Jun 10, 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Highest rainfall in Colombia??

Saw the following info at the given site. If this is true this must be mentioned in the comparison references in the Cherrapunji article.

http://www.space.com/scienceastronomy/101_earth_facts_030722-3.html 29. What is the wettest place on Earth?

Lloro, Colombia averages 523.6 inches of rainfall a year, or more than 40 feet (13 meters). That's about 10 times more than fairly wet major cities in Europe or the United States.