Guwahati: Assam has received 337 mm rainfall against the normal 542 mm during this time, resulting in a deficit rainfall of 38 per cent, Regional Meteorological Centre (RMC) officials informed
Assam received 38% deficit rainfall in the pre-monsoon period, from March 1 to May 31, whereas it recorded 40% excess rainfall in the season last year, said an official.
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IMD in a statement stated that Assam recorded only 337 mm rain against the normal 542 mm during the premonsoon period.
Meanwhile, the northeast region, as a whole, has recorded 242 mm rainfall against the normal 373 mm, which means the deficit was 35% in the said period from March to May.
Deficiency in rainfall activity has resulted in the maximum temperature crossing 37 degrees Celsius in most of the towns in Assam for the last couple of days.
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An IMD official said, “Almost all the districts received normal and above-normal rainfall till the end of April. However, due to the absence of cyclonic activity over the Bay of Bengal, rainfall has drastically decreased from the end of April. By the end of May, scanty rainfall has pushed up maximum temperatures.”
Guwahati recorded 37.8 degrees Celsius on Friday, up by 6 degrees.