Successive rainy spells, since the beginning of the month, made this March the ‘wettest’ in last 100 years. According to data available with Skymet, this March was the wettest particularly in North and Central India, after 1915.
The spell of rain on Sunday lashed many parts of North India, including the Kashmir Valley where several houses were damaged due to floods. The Srinagar-Jammu national highway was also shut due to landslides. Click here for latest updates on Jammu and Kashmir rains.
As have been reiterated by Skymet, unseasonal rains caused extensive damage to field and horticulture crops including vegetables in various parts of the country.
Rain in India
The table below shows the actual rainfall received this March and the monthly average of several places in North and Central India:
The Safdarjung Observatory in Delhi recorded the highest rainfall since 1915, when the station recorded 62.2 mm of rain. Even Karnal broke the earlier all-time record rainfall of 67.6 mm (1967) after receiving 127.2 mm of rain so far this March.
Lucknow also set a new record of 76.8 mm of rain, leaving far behind the all-time highest rainfall of 24 mm recorded in the year 2007. Nagpur has surpassed the monthly average rainfall but remained behind the all-time highest rainfall of 104.2 mm (1957).
Ahmedabad has also set a new record of all-time highest rainfall, outdoing the earlier record of 21.1 mm (1967).
