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Informist, Thursday, Sept. 17, 2026

 

MUMBAI – India recorded 4.4 millimetres of rainfall Thursday, 17%  below the normal of 5.3 millimetres, according to data from the India Meteorological Department. During Jun. 1–Sept. 17, the country received 686.4 millimetres of rain, 15%  below the normal of 806.8 millimetres for the period.

 

Of the country's four homogeneous regions, central India and south India registered "large deficient" rains Thursday. East and northeast India received "normal" rains and northwest India received "large excess" rains Thursday.

 

The east and northeast region received 12%  above-normal rainfall at 10.6 millimetres, and central India recorded 1.5 millimetres of rainfall, 73% below normal. South India received 74% below-normal rainfall at 1.6 millimetres while northwest India recorded 6.2 millimetres of rainfall, 138%  above normal.

 

Thursday, sub-Himalayan West Bengal and Sikkim received the highest rainfall at 31.4 millimetres, followed by Arunachal Pradesh at 24.1 millimetres, according to the weather bureau. 

 

Of the 36 subdivisions in the country, rainfall was "large deficient" in 17, "deficient" in eight, "large excess" in seven, "normal" in two and "excess" in one. There was no rainfall in one subdivision, according to the data.  End

 

Reported by Khushi Singh

Edited by Himanshi Gupta

 

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