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Informist, Saturday, Sept. 12, 2026

 

NEW DELHI – India has recorded 6.7 millimetres of rain Saturday, 10%  above the normal level of 6.1 millimetres, according to data from the India Metereological Department. During Jun. 1 and Sept. 12, the country received 662.3 millimetres of rainfall, 15%  below the normal of 778.6 millimetres for the period. 

 

Of the country's four homogeneous regions, three received deficient showers and one received large excess rainfall. The east and northeast regions received deficient rainfall of 8 millimetres, 23% lower than the normal of 10.5 millimetres, and northwest India received deficient rainfall of 3.1 millimetres, 23% lower than the normal of 4 millimetres. The southern peninsula region received deficient rainfall at 2.2 millimetres, 58%  below the normal of 5.2 millimetres. Central India received large excess rainfall at 12.1 millimetres, 86%  above the normal of 6.5 millimetres.

 

Chhattisgarh received the highest amount of rainfall at 25.9 millimetres, 179%  above the normal of 9.3 millimetres. This was followed by Vidarbha, which received 11.8 millimetres of rainfall, 188%  above the normal of 4.1 millimetres.

 

Of the 36 subdivisions in the country, only southern interior Karnataka did not receive any rainfall. Among the rest, 13 received "large deficient" rainfall, seven received "deficient" rainfall, another seven received "normal" rainfall, six received "large excess" and two received "excess" rainfall.  End

 

Reported by Upasika Singhal

Edited by Shubhayan Bhattacharya

 

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