Following a vigorous monsoon this 12 months, Bengaluru metropolis recorded 1,700 mm of rainfall until October 18, thereby breaking the annual report of 1,696 mm in 2017.
Based on India Meteorological Division (IMD), the earlier wettest 12 months was recorded in 2005 when the town obtained 1,608.5 mm of rainfall. The annual rainfall in Bengaluru recorded in 2021, 2020, 2019 and 2018 are 1,500 mm, 1,200 mm, 950 mm, and 1,050 mm respectively.
This 12 months the town has obtained 222 mm of rainfall from October 1 to 17, as in opposition to 168 mm obtained in the identical interval final 12 months. The intense rainfall patterns within the months of October beforehand have been 204.3 mm in 2020; 178.4 mm in 2019; 111.7 mm in 2018 and 385.7 mm in October 2017.
The IMD officers stated that the northeast monsoon is but to set in. “It should set in one other two days after which we will anticipate one other spell of heavy rainfall within the metropolis. Southwest monsoon which was vigorous over Bengaluru will finish as soon as the northeast monsoon units in,” an official from the IMD stated.
The Met division has forecast gentle to average rainfall within the metropolis until October 22.
The division stated that within the subsequent 48 hours the climate sample of Bengaluru might be typically cloudy. “A couple of spells of rain/thundershowers are very probably. The utmost and minimal temperatures are very prone to be round 28 and 20 diploma Celsius respectively,” it stated.