Month of October closes on a large deficit note. As against the prediction of normal rainfall by National Weather Service ( 85%-115% of LPA), the month has ended with a shortfall of 33% rainfall of long period average. The month recorded a total of 51 mm rainfall against monthly normal of 75.4mm. This is the lowest rainfall of October in the last 5 years. Poor performance is largely attributed to depressed start of northeast monsoon which otherwise had made a timely onset on 21stOctober 2023.
Month of October closes on a large deficit note. As against the prediction of normal rainfall by National Weather Service ( 85%-115% of LPA), the month has ended with a shortfall of 33% rainfall of long period average. The month recorded a total of 51 mm rainfall against monthly normal of 75.4mm. This is the lowest rainfall of October in the last 5 years. Poor performance is largely attributed to depressed start of the northeast monsoon which otherwise had made a timely onset on 21st October, 2023.