Rains have been lashing Kerala for the past few days. Rains have been good both in terms of spread as well as intensity. Not only have good showers been affecting Kerala, in fact Lakshadweep and coastal Karnataka have also been receiving rains.
During the last 24 hours from 8:30 am on Sunday, Quilandy recorded a whopping 45 mm of rain followed by Hosdurg in North Kerala where 43 mm of rain was receiced. Other areas to have received rain include Idukki 34.4 mm, Vadakara 32 mm and Kodungallur 12 mm of rain.
During the last few days, Monsoon like rains have been lashing Kerala. While rains have gone even up to 50 mm in a few pockets of the Alappuzha district, light rains have also been recorded over some parts of Kerala.
Light rains on some days with heavy rain during the others are an inbuilt characteristic of the Monsoon season. The Monsoon season sees active and inactive phases where rains pick up pace during the active phase and become light on other days.
Let’s take a look at the rainfall figures of the 14 stations recorded in millimeters between May 26 and May 30 across the region.
The rainfall criteria for Monsoon is only met when 2.5 mm of rain is recorded for two consecutive days over 60 percent of 14 stations in states including Lakshadweep Islands, Coastal Karnataka and Kerala. For the formal onset announcement of Monsoon, along with the rain criteria, wind direction and cloud pattern criteria also need to be met.
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