Hyderabad: The southwest monsoon, which has been generous overall this season, dumped up to 650 per cent excess rain during the depression-fed havoc in the week ending September 4.
The overall average excess rain during the week ending September 4 stood at 325 per cent.
Three districts had rain in excess of 600 per cent: Siddipet 662 per cent, followed by Mahbubabad 649 per cent and Wanaparthy 613 per cent.
Five other districts, according to data from the Telangana Planning and Development Society, got more than 500 per cent of what they should have normally experienced during the same period. These were Medak, Mahbubnagar, Nagarkurnool, Suryapet, and Narayanpet.
Hyderabad, which started the season with a healthy 108 per cent excess in the first week after the monsoon set in and since then saw some ups and downs, reported a 235 per cent excess rain for the week.
According to the TGPDS data, six districts had rain in excess of 400 per cent; eight had more than 300 per cent, while another eight received more than 200 per cent, with three reporting more than 100 per cent of what they would have received normally for the week ending September 4.
District – Season normal* – Season actual* - Deviation** – Week ending September 4 deviation**
Wanaparty – 367.4 – 793.9 - 116 - 613
Narayanpet – 366.4 – 771.3 - 111 - 539
Mahabubnagar – 374.1 – 734.4 - 96 - 580
Jogulamba Gadwal – 326.9 – 637.3 - 94 - 290
Nagarkurnool – 342.5 – 665.1 - 95 - 535
Siddipet – 479.7 – 795.0 - 66 - 662
Mahabubabad – 669.4 – 1048.5 - 57 - 649
Karimnagar – 592.3 – 916.0 - 55 - 392
Khammam – 646.2 – 982.1 - 52 - 489
Suryapet – 469.2 – 694.8 - 48 - 596
Mulugu – 967.5 – 1398.8 - 45 - 253
Vikarabad – 488.4 – 695.5 - 42 - 334
Nalgonda – 366.6 – 520.8 - 42 - 337
Rajanna Sircilla – 581.9 – 805.6 - 38 - 354
Jagitial – 701.1 – 958.0 - 37 - 267
Bhadradri-Kothagudem – 796.6 – 1094.5 - 37 - 314
Medak – 557.6 – 763.7 - 37 - 560
Nizamabad – 714.4 – 981.1 - 37 - 333
Peddapalli – 720.9 – 960.7 - 33 - 240
Hyderabad – 479.7 – 631.6 - 32 - 238
Medchal-Malkajgiri – 468.3 – 611.5 - 31 - 410
Nirmal – 757.7 – 980.5 - 29 - 268
Yadadri-Bhongir – 405.5 – 523.5 - 29 - 446
Warangal – 706.8 – 906.9 - 28 - 418
Sangareddy – 526.7 – 669.6 - 27 - 367
Jayashankar-Bhupalpalli – 791.0 – 1000.3 - 26 - 108
Ranga Reddy – 402.7 – 506.9 - 26 - 341
Jangaon – 554.1 – 688.9 - 24 - 423
Kamareddy -677.1 – 823.3 - 23 - 416
Hanamkonda – 678.5 – 833.2 - 23 - 215
Komurum Bheem-Asifabad – 877.0 – 1055.3 - 20 - 109
Adilabad – 858.1 – 875.0 - 18 - 234
Mancherial – 796.5 – 875. 0 10 - 136
(*in mm; **in percentage)
