Since the beginning of July barring one dry day on the 6th of July, Mumbai has been receiving heavy rain and according to latest weather update, more heavy showers could lash the city during the next two days.
Mumbai experienced the driest June in over a decade with just about 87 mm of rain but July seems to have brought real good news with it. In a span of 48 hours from 8.30 am on Wednesday, the Colaba station received heavy showers of 212 mm whereas, Santa Cruz recorded 97 mm of rain. And in the last 24 hours, the Santa Cruz station recorded 108 mm of rain.
The normal rainfall figure for Mumbai in July is 799.7 mm with an average of 23 rainy days. The lowest monthly total rainfall (July) in Mumbai was 628 mm in El Nino year 2012 and the highest was in 2005 when the monthly total reached 1454.5 mm.
“Weather in Mumbai will continue to be rainy for the next 48 hours as the Monsoon surge has finally gained strength. Rain has been good so far but July left Mumbai with a huge rain deficit. Whether this month’s rainfall will fall below normal or not, is too early to be predicted right now”, says AVM (Retd) G.P Sharma.
Rain along the West Coast
Heavy Monsoon rain continues along the west coast as well. In the last 24 hours, Ratnagiri recorded 115 mm of rain, Goa 68 mm, Veraval 41 mm.
In Karnataka, Agumbe received 38.4 mm of rain, Honnavar 50 mm, Karwar 30.4 mm, Madikeri 15.2 mm, Mangalore 23 mm, and Belgaum 4 mm of rain. According to Skymet Meteorology Division in India, the west coast including Mumbai will continue to receive good to heavy ampunts of rain during the next 2 days.
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