India, June 27 -- In a rare meteorological event, Tamhini Ghat in Pune district has recorded an unparalleled 2,000 mm rainfall in the month of June alone, stunning weather scientists and pushing it ahead of what are western Maharashtra's wettest locations traditionally. According to experts, the volume of rainfall is highly unusual this early in the monsoon season.

About the anomaly, Anupam Kashyapi, former head of the weather and forecasting division, India Meteorological Department (IMD) Pune, said, "Two-hundred centimetres in June - such concentrated rainfall this early in the season is not typical of the region." He pointed to a shift in monsoon patterns that warrants further observation.

At 2,000 mm, Tamhini has surpassed other hea...