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Informist, Thursday, Sep 19, 2024

--[I] IMD: India Sep 19 rainfall 2.1 mm, 60% below normal

--[I] IMD: India Jun 1-Sep 19 rainfall 873.9 mm, 7% above normal

MUMBAI – Rainfall across the country today was 2.1 mm, 60% below the normal of 5.1 mm, according to the India Meteorological Department. Since Jun 1, India has received 873.9 mm of rainfall, 7% above the normal of 817.2 mm for the period, it said.

Of the four homogeneous regions in the country, three received below-normal rainfall today while one received above-normal rainfall. East and northeast India received rainfall that was 96% below normal at 0.4 mm. Central India received rainfall that was 74% below normal at 1.4 mm, and the southern peninsula received 82% below-normal rains at 1.1 mm. Rainfall was 64% above normal at 4.3 mm in northwest India.

Since Jun 1, the east and northeast India region has received rainfall 15% below normal at 1,082 mm. Rainfall in Arunachal Pradesh and Bihar, which come under this homogeneous region, has been deficient so far during the southwest monsoon. 

As of today, rainfall has been normal in 19 of the country's 36 subdivisions. Rainfall was in "large excess" in two subdivisions, "excess" in 11, and "deficient" in four, it said.  End

Reported by Shreya Shetty

Edited by Rajeev Pai

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