Weekly Rainfall Report: Excessive rain recorded in North, South and Northeast India

According to the latest weather update by Skymet Meteorology Division in India, frequent Western Disturbances over the Western Himalayan region and their associated cyclonic circulations over northwest plains brought excessive amounts of rain in Northwest India between 8^th and 14^th May. Rainfall percentage were highest in Punjab and West Rajasthan compared to the average.

Region	Amount of rain	Above average rain(%)
Jammu & Kashmir	37 mm	50
Himachal Pradesh	31.7 mm	56
Punjab	16.9	224
Haryana, Chandigarh & Delhi	14.1 mm	166
West Rajasthan	14.6	563
East Rajasthan	4.8	86

A low pressure area that emerged in Southwest Bay of Bengal and ran through South India brought substantial amounts of pre-monsoon rain between 8^th and 14^th May. Data available with Skymet Meteorology Division in India show that pre-monsoon rain has been excessive over Karnataka. Here's a table that shows amounts of rainfall in South India regionwise.

Region	Amount of rainfall	Above average (%)
Telangana	40.6 mm	356
Rayalaseema	16.5 mm	47
Coastal Andhra Pradesh	41.8 mm	90
South interior Karnataka	46 mm	160
North interior Karnataka	44 mm	400
Coastal Karnataka	72.8 mm	456
Kerala	125.2 mm	205
Tamil Nadu & Pondicherry	40.7 mm	177

In Northeast India, persistent cyclonic circulations over sub-Himalayan West Bengal and Assam brought more than enough amounts of rain during the period. Here's a table that shows amounts of rain recorded in Northeast

Region	Amount of rainfall	Above average (%)
Assam & Meghalaya	136.2 mm	103
Arunachal Pradesh	164.5 mm	203
Nagalan, Manipur, Mizoram, Tripura	86.3	58

 

 

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