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Informist, Monday, Aug. 25, 2025

--IMD: India Aug 25 rainfall 10.6 mm, 49% above normal

--IMD: India Jun 1-Aug 25 rainfall 684.7 mm, 4% above normal

MUMBAI – India received 10.6 millimetres of rainfall Monday, 49% above the normal of 7.1 millimetres, according to the India Meteorological Department. Since Jun. 1, the country has recorded 4% above normal rainfall at 684.7 millimetres.

Of the four homogeneous regions in the country, two received above-normal showers while the other two recorded below-normal rainfall, according to data from the weather department.

Northwest India recorded a whopping 289% above normal rainfall at 21.8 millimetres, the data showed. Of the nine subdivisions in the region, seven recorded "large excess" rainfall and two received "excess" rainfall on Monday. Multiple subdivisions witnessed a steep climb in the amount of rainfall, with Punjab recording a whopping 1,272% above-normal showers at 48 millimetres and west Rajasthan receiving 1,154% above-normal rainfall at 27.6 millimetres, the data showed. The presence of multiple weather systems, including an upper air cyclonic circulation and a western disturbance presenting as a trough, is causing incessant rainfall over the region, the weather department said.

Central India recorded 8.2 millimetres of rainfall, 9% above normal. Rainfall in east and northeast India was 44% below normal at 6.1 millimetres, while that in south peninsular India was 87% below normal at just 0.7 millimetres, the data showed.

Of the 36 subdivisions in the country, rainfall Monday was "large excess" in 10, "excess" in three, "normal" in three, "deficient" in eight, and "large deficient" in nine subdivisions. Three subdivisions--Lakshwadeep, Rayalaseema, and Marathwada--recorded no rainfall on Monday, the data showed.  End

Reported by Shreya Shetty

Edited by Tanima Banerjee

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