After two weeks of deficient rainfall, some good pre-Monsoon rain coupled with thundershower activity in North India in last few days has helped the country in recording surplus rain this week. According to the data available with Skymet Meteorology Division in India, rainfall in the country from May 14 to May 20 has been in excess of 32%.
The best performing sub-divisions this week have been in South and Northeast India. For instance Tamil Nadu in peninsular India has received 62.3 mm of rain against the weekly average of 18.2 mm, which is 242% surplus. South Interior Karnataka with 55.3 mm of rain against 25.9 mm is also excess by 113%.
In Northeast India normal rain was observed in the sub-divisions of Arunachal Pradesh, Assam and Meghalaya and NMMT (Nagaland, Manipur, Mizoram and Tripura). Arunachal Pradesh received 63.6 mm of rain against 70.3 mm, which is deficient by -9%. While Assam and Meghalaya recorded 70.2 mm of rain against 73.1 mm - (+19% to -19% is considered normal).
There are only two sub-divisions that have been deficient this week. Himachal Pradesh with 8.7 mm of rain against the weekly average of 15.4 mm is short by 43%, while Konkan and Goa has been deficient by 27%.
Out of the 36 sub-divisions in the country 19 sub-divisions have recorded excess rain this week, which includes Rayalaseema, Telangana and Gangetic West Bengal. Normal rainfall has been observed in 15 sub-divisions, while only 2 sub-divisions have experienced deficient rain this week.
Rain forecast
In the last couple of days pre-Monsoon activity in the country, particularly in South India has gained pace with several places recording moderate to heavy amounts of rain. According to Skymet Meteorology Division, as Monsoon approaches pre-Monsoon activity becomes more frequent and intense, therefore we can expect some more rain towards the end of the month.
March and April had been good months for the country in terms of rainfall activity. According to the data available with Skymet, the country observed 61.1 mm of rain against the monthly average of 30.9 mm in March, which is 98% surplus. While April recorded 66.1 mm of rain against the normal of 36.5 mm.
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