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Informist, Wednesday, Nov. 6, 2024

--IMD: India rainfall in week to Wednesday 43% below normal at 5.4 mm

MUMBAI – The country got an average rainfall of 5.4 mm in the week ended Wednesday, 43% below the normal rainfall of 9.5 mm for the period, the India Meteorological Department said. All the four homogeneous regions in the country received below-normal showers during the week, the weather bureau said.

Northwest India received 99% below-normal showers during the week at 0.0 mm. Subdivisions such as west Uttar Pradesh, Haryana, Chandigarh, Delhi, Punjab, Himachal, east Rajasthan, and west Rajasthan recorded no rainfall during the week. Only Uttarakhand subdivision received some rainfall at 0.7 mm. 

The South peninsula recorded 18.5 mm rain, 41% lower than the normal, the data showed. Rainfall in east and northeast India was down 1% during the week at 7.8 mm. Similarly, central India received 59% below-normal rainfall at 1.5 mm during the week, the agency said.

Of the 36 subdivisions in the country, rainfall was "normal" in four, "excess" in two, and "large excess" in three during the week. Rainfall was "large deficient" in 12 subdivisions, while it was "deficient" in four. Eleven subdivisions received no rain during the week. 

Since Oct. 1, India has received 79.9 mm of rainfall, 4% below the normal of 83.6 mm for the period.  End

Reported by Sandeep Sinha

Edited by Akul Nishant Akhoury

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