India received 37% below normal rainfall at 2.6 mm Tuesday, says IMD
This story was originally published at 12:13 IST on 10 June 2026
Register to read our real-time news.Informist, Wednesday, Jun. 10, 2026
MUMBAI – India received 2.6 millimetres rainfall on Tuesday, 37% below the normal of 4.1 millimetres, according to data from the India Meteorological Department. From Jun. 1–9, the country received 23.7 millimetres of precipitation, 24% below normal for the period.
Of the four homogenous regions in the country, south peninsula India continued to be the only region that recorded above-normal showers. Rainfall in the region was 13% above normal at 4.9 millimetres. The Southwest monsoon trough covered most parts of south peninsula India as of Tuesday, triggering widespread moderate to heavy rainfall across the region.
In northwest India, rainfall was 91% below normal at 0.2 millimetres, while in central India it was 49% below normal at 1.7 millimetres, the data showed. East and northeast India recorded 6.3 millimetres of showers, 31% below the normal of 9.1 millimetres.
In the 36 sub-divisions across the country, rainfall was "large deficient" in 12, "deficient" in 10, "normal" in five, "excess" in two, and "large excess" in one. Six sub-divisions did not record any rainfall on Tuesday, according to the data. End
Reported by Shreya Shetty
Edited by Deepshikha Bhardwaj
For users of real-time market data terminals, Informist news is available exclusively on the NSE Cogencis WorkStation.
Cogencis news is now Informist news. This follows the acquisition of Cogencis Information Services Ltd. by NSE Data & Analytics Ltd., a 100% subsidiary of the National Stock Exchange of India Ltd. As a part of the transaction, the news department of Cogencis has been sold to Informist Media Pvt. Ltd.
Informist Media Tel +91 (22) 6985-4000
Send comments to feedback@informistmedia.com
© Informist Media Pvt. Ltd. 2026. All rights reserved.
To read more please subscribe
Share this Story:
