Pockets of North India witnessed some record breaking rain. For instance, Punjab observed 37.2 mm of rain against an average of 5.5 mm, which is 577% excess. Similarly, Haryana witnessed 48.5 mm of rain against 4.1 mm, which is 1082% surplus. West Uttar Pradesh, with 43 mm of rain against 2.8 mm saw a surplus of 1434%. East Uttar Pradesh witnessed 29.4 mm of rain against 2.2 mm, which is 1235% excess. Vidarbha in Central India experienced 44.5 mm of rain against 2.5 mm, which was excess by 1679% and the highest in the country.
The other two months of December and January were also deficit. The cumulative deficit for the country in January was 11%. A marginal improvement was observed in February but the initial two weeks saw very less rain. From February 5 to February 11 the cumulative deficit for the country was 66%. And from February 12 to February 18 the deficit was 60%. However, a gradual improvement was observed with the week from February 19 to February 25 observing a surplus of 28%.
From here on rainfall across the country picked up making the week from February 26 to March 4 as the rainiest for the country. Meanwhile, there is another spell expected in the country from March 13 onwards, which will further push the rainfall figures for the month of March.