Even though Mumbai misses its monthly average rain for August, September commences on a positive note. In just five days, the city receives over two-third of normal rainfall for September and hopes to recover the August deficit soon.
The rainfall for first five days in September has been 111 mm, 43 mm, 27 mm, 6 mm and 27 mm respectively. With a total of 219 mm rainfall received in just five days, September seems to be inching towards its monthly average of 312 mm.
Though it has rained every day in August, the city of dreams has failed to cover its monthly average. It only received 456.7 mm of rain as against the monthly average of 529.7 mm, thus falling short by 13 percent. However, the nearby cities including Goa and Ratnagiri received good rain showers for the same month.
While August was grim, July this year was still better as the city received record breaking rainfall of 1461 mm in July against the long period average of 800 mm.
However, due to the monsoon system over Gujarat and Bay of Bengal, Mumbai is expected to receive good rain showers that will continue for next few days, helping the city make up for the August rain deficit in September.
