A person carrying an umbrella on a rain-soaked street. File photo used for representational purposes.
Bengaluru: Karnataka October rainfall stood at 78 mm against a normal of 131 mm, a shortfall of 40%, according to the Karnataka State Natural Disaster Monitoring Centre’s bulletin dated October 31. The bulletin labels its reporting period as October 1–31.
Rainfall was in the deficit or large-deficit category in 23 of the state’s 31 districts. Nine districts recorded a deficit and 14 a large deficit, while eight were in the normal category. No district was classified as having excess or large-excess rainfall.
North interior Karnataka recorded the sharpest regional shortfall: 15 mm against a normal of 107 mm, a deficit of 86%. Bidar recorded 2 mm against 94 mm, a 98% deficit; Vijayapura 3 mm against 106 mm, a 97% deficit; and Kalaburagi 9 mm against 104 mm, a 91% deficit. Belagavi received 20 mm against 101 mm, 80% below normal.
The other three regions also received below-normal rain. South interior Karnataka recorded 104 mm against 138 mm, a deficit of 25%; Malnad 117 mm against 159 mm, a deficit of 26%; and coastal Karnataka 144 mm against 188 mm, a deficit of 23%.
Bengaluru Urban recorded 126 mm against a normal of 154 mm, a departure of minus 18%. Bengaluru South received 127 mm against 158 mm, 19% below normal. Both districts were classified in the normal category in the bulletin. Bengaluru Rural, with 106 mm against 149 mm and a 29% shortfall, was in the deficit category.
Kodagu and Mysuru were among the districts in the normal category with rainfall slightly above their respective averages. Kodagu recorded 211 mm against a normal of 197 mm, a positive departure of 7%, while Mysuru received 147 mm against 145 mm, a positive departure of 2%.
For the preceding southwest monsoon period of June 1–September 30, the same bulletin records statewide rainfall of 551 mm against a normal of 852 mm, a 35% deficit. Thirty districts were in the deficit or large-deficit category during that separate reporting period.
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