The first week of February remained dry which led to a rain deficiency of 87 percent across the country. The saving grace for the country was the second week wherein some rainfall activity was seen over the hills and plains of North India.
Thus, for the entire week, the country recorded a whopping 8.5 mm of rains against 4.8 mm which equals for 76 percent of excess rains during the second week. However, the third week of February was once again dry with the country observing a deficiency of 87 percent. During the third week, the country recorded 0.9 mm of rain against its normal of 6.6 mm.
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During the third week, Northwest India hardly recorded any rains. It was only the state of Jammu and Kashmir which witnessed some rain and snow. Meanwhile, Central India also remained dry. The Southern Peninsular India also saw no rains barring the Andaman and Nicobar Islands. In Northeast India, it was only Arunachal Pradesh which received 10 percent less rains than the normal quota.
Meanwhile, six divisions observed large deficiency in terms of rains. On the other hand, there were 29 subdivisions which recorded no rains at all during the third week of February.
Thus, between February 1 and February 21, the country recorded 9.8 mm of rains against 16.2 mm of rainfall which led to a deficiency of 40 percent.
Now, we are already in the fourth of week of February, and some improvement is already being witnessed. Areas of Central, North, East as well as Northeast India have been receiving some rains and are likely to receive more in the coming days. In fact, extreme South India is also expected to see some rainfall activity during the fag end of February.
Thus, these rains may further improve the rainfall deficiency from January 1, which currently stands at 87 percent.
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