The last two weeks i.e. between August 9 and 15, and between August 16 and 22 countrywide, were contrasting in terms of rains.
The first week was marginally deficit with -6 percent of rains countrywide and the second week saw 24 percent surplus rainfall.
In fact, the week between August 16 and 22 was the rainiest in the Monsoon season. Moreover, between July 12 and 18, the countrywide rainfall had settled at a whopping 20 percent surplus.
Both these weeks had contributed towards the deluge that occurred in the state of Kerala claiming several lives.
Talking about the rainfall performance during these two weeks over different parts of the country:
East and Northeast India: Northeast India continued its highly deficient track record during both these weeks. The biggest brunt bearer was Arunachal Pradesh which is otherwise the rainiest. Talking about East India, Jharkhand and Bihar had earlier recovered its deficiencies also performed poorly and once again was slipping through rain deficiency.
Northwest India: For the hilly states, the first week was a good one but it fell deficient during the second week. The North Indian Plains remained deficient for both the weeks wherein West Rajasthan was highly deficient in the first week while Rajasthan as a whole was better than the rest during the second week.
Central India: The central parts of the country saw contrasting rains during both the weeks. The first week was deficient by 27 percent while the second week saw a huge surplus of 72 percent. The state of Maharashtra which was rain deficient for long saw three times more than its normal rains on one of the days. Due to this, all pockets of the state have come under the normal range in terms of rain.
For Chhattisgarh, both the weeks were good performers wherein the second week was tad better than the first after which the rain figure stands at -1 percent. The state of Gujarat saw very poor rains during the first week with 80 percent deficiency over Saurashtra and Kutch as well as Gujarat region. However, the second week saw over 100 percent surplus rains.
South India: The entire Southern Peninsula performed well except Rayalaseema. Kerala has been the rainiest with the first week seeing 225 percent of surplus rains while the second saw 219 percent surplus rainfall. In fact, the state’s seasonal surplus is at 41 percent at present.
The state of Telangana has seen a surplus week both the times. Rains were good enough over Coastal Andhra Pradesh, South Interior Karnataka. Tamil Nadu saw surplus rains of 55 percent during the first week while the second week saw deficit rains of 38 percent. South Interior Karnataka has been a better performer as compared to North Interior Karnataka.
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