City Likely To End Northeast Monsoon Season In The Red

Seasonal shortfall at 17%; may reduce with year-end rain

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The city is likely to end the rainy season this year with a deficit. It has received 61 cm of rain so far against a normal of 73 cm during the northeast monsoon, a shortfall of 17%.

The weather station at Nungambakkam has received 57.4 cm of rainfall against its seasonal average of 83 cm, a shortfall of nearly 30%. Despite the deficit in the northeast monsoon, Nungambakkam has managed to record 107 cm of annual rainfall against a normal of 140 cm.

This was possible because of a good southwest monsoon between June and September, note weather bloggers. Nungambakkam recorded 49 cm of rain against its average of 45 cm. This helped arrest the fast depleting water table.