An analysis of the daily district wise rainfall data from India Meteorological Department (IMD) for the month of Aug 2025 shows that there were 664 (717 in Aug 2024; 500 in Aug 2023; 667 in Aug 2022[i] and 431 in Aug 2021) instances when rainfall of a day in a district was above 50 mm. Such high rainfall instances included 563 (572/ 424/ 553/ 371 in Aug 2024, Aug 2023, Aug 2022 and Aug 2021 respectively) instances when rainfall was 50-100 mm; 79 (113/ 67/ 98/ 48 in Aug 2024, Aug 2023, Aug 2022 and Aug 2021 respectively) instances when it was 100-150 mm; 13 (19/ 5/ 13/ 11 in Aug 2024, Aug 2023, Aug 2022 and Aug 2021 respectively) times it was 150-200 mm; and 9 (13/ 4/ 3/ 1 in Aug 2024, Aug 2023, Aug 2022 and Aug 2021 respectively) instance when a district day rainfall was above 200 mm.
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June 2025: District wise rainfall in India’s SW Monsoon
In the just concluded month June 2025, the first month of India’s South West 2025 monsoon, India received 180 mm rainfall, 8.89% above the normal June rainfall of 165.3 mm as per India Meteorological department. In June 2024 the rainfall was 147.2 mm, 11% below normal, June 2023 rainfall was 148.6 mm (10% below normal), in June 2022 the rainfall was 152.3 mm (8% below normal), in June 2021, the rainfall was 182.9 mm (about 11% above normal) and in June 2020, the rainfall was 196.9 mm (about 18% above normal) and in June 2019 it was 33% below normal. So in last seven years from 2019 to 2025, India had below normal rainfall in 4 years in June, and above normal in three years (2020, 2021, 2025). Nine times since 2008 June rainfall was below normal.
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High Rainfall days in India’s districts in Sept 2024: Highest numbers in East India
An analysis of the daily district wise rainfall data from India Meteorological Department (IMD) for the month of September 2024, the last month of India’s South West Monsoon 2024 shows that there were 546 (406 in Sept 2023[i], 417 in Sept 2022[ii] and 489 in Sept 2021[iii]) instances when district rainfall of a day was above 50 mm. Such high rainfall instances included 438 (330, 365 and 374 in Sept 2023, Sept 2022 and 2021 respectively) instances in Sept 2024 when rainfall was 50-100 mm, 73 (64, 47 and 84 in Sept 2023, Sept 2022 and 2021 respectively) instances in Sept 2024 when it was 100-150 mm, 30 (10, 3 and 20 in Sept 2023, Sept 2022 and 2021 respectively) times in Sept 2024 when it was 150-200 mm and 5 (2, 2 and 11 in Sept 2023, Sept 2022 and 2021 respectively) instances in Sept 2024 when rainfall in a day was above 200 mm.
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High Rainfall days in India’s districts in July 2024
An analysis of the daily district wise rainfall data from India Meteorological Department (IMD) for July 2024 shows that there were 914 (up from 855 in July 2023, 809 in July 2022 and 717 in July 2021) instances when district rainfall of a day was above 50 mm. Such high rainfall instances included 730 (up from 660 in July 2023, 663 in July 2022, 595 in July 2021) instances when rainfall was 50-100 mm, 143 (149 in July 2023, 107 in July 2022, 98 in July 2021) instances when it was 100-150 mm, 27 (34 in July 2023, 28 in July 2022, 17 in July 2021) times it was 150-200 mm and 14 (12 in July 2023, 16 in July 2022 and 7 in July 2021) times above when rainfall in July 2024 when rainfall was above 200 mm. As noted in earlier article[i], the July 2024 rainfall all over India was 9.3% above normal.
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June July 2024: District wise rainfall in India’s SW Monsoon
In the month of July 2024, the second month of India’s South West 2024 monsoon, India received 306.6 mm (318.4 in July 2023[i] and 327.7 mm in July 2022[ii]) rainfall, 9.3 % above (13.5% above normal in July 2023 and 16.8% above normal in July 2022) the normal July rainfall of 280.5 mm as per India Meteorological department. So this is the third consecutive year when rainfall in July is above normal. In July 2021, the rainfall was 266.1 mm[iii], about 6.7% below normal and in July 2020, the rainfall was 257.1 mm[iv], or about 9.9% below normal.
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June 2024: High Rainfall district days in India’s SW Monsoon Lowest in four years
An analysis of the daily district wise rainfall data from India Meteorological Department (IMD) for the month of June 2024, the first month of India’s South West Monsoon 2024 shows that there were 384 instances (451 in June 2023[i], 462 in June 2022[ii] and 442 in June 2021) when district rainfall of a day was above 50 mm. This, like the monthly rainfall for June, is the lowest figure for June for the last four years. The rainfall of India in June 2024 was 147.2 mm[iii], the rainfall in June 2023 was 148.6 mm, the rainfall of India in June 2022 was 152.3 mm[iv]. The data and analysis are based on IMD’s daily district wise rainfall bulletins for the 24 hours ending at 0830 am each day.
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In the just concluded month June 2024, the first month of India’s South West 2023 monsoon, India received 147.2 mm rainfall, 11% below the normal June rainfall of 165.3 mm as per India Meteorological department. In June 2023 rainfall was 148.6 mm (10% below normal)[i], in June 2022 the rainfall was 152.3 mm (8% below normal)[ii], in June 2021, the rainfall was 182.9 mm[iii] (about 11% above normal) and in June 2020, the rainfall was 196.9 mm (about 18% above normal) and in June 2019 it was 33% below normal. So in six years from 2019 to 2024, India had below normal rainfall in 4 years in June, and above normal in two years (2020 and 2021). Six times in last ten years and nine times since 2008 June rainfall was below normal.
However, the distribution of rainfall has been far from normal in June 2024, both temporally and spatially.
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Winter 2024: District wise Rainfall in India
In the just concluded 2024 Winter Season (January 1 2024 to February 29 2024), as per India Meteorological Department (IMD), India received 33% below Normal Rainfall (it was 45% below normal in winter 2023[i], 44% above normal rainfall in winter 2022[ii] and 32% below normal rainfall in winter 2021[iii]). This is coming on top of 5.55% below normal in SW Monsoon 2023[iv] and 9% below normal rainfall in Post Monsoon season 2023[v].
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High Rainfall days in India’s districts in SW Monsoon 2023
An analysis of the daily district wise rainfall data from India Meteorological Department (IMD) for India’s South West Monsoon 2023 shows that there were 2176 instances when a district rainfall of a day was above 50 mm. Such high rainfall instances included 1759 instances when rainfall was 50-100 mm, 329 instances when it was 100-150 mm, 64 times it was 150-200 mm and 24 times above 200 mm. Out of 717 districts of India, 531 districts or, about 74% of the districts experienced such high rainfall days during SW monsoon 2023.
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High Rainfall days in India’s districts in Sept 2023
An analysis of the daily district wise rainfall data from India Meteorological Department (IMD) for the month of September 2023, the last month of India’s South West Monsoon 2023 shows that there were 406 (417 in Sept 2022[i] and 489 in Sept 2021[ii]) instances when district rainfall of a day was above 50 mm. Such high rainfall instances included 330 (365 and 374 in Sept 2022 and 2021 respectively) instances when rainfall was 50-100 mm, 64 (47 and 84 in Sept 2022 and 2021) instances when it was 100-150 mm, 10 (3 and 20 in Sept 2022 and 2021) times when it was 150-200 mm and twice (two and eleven in Sept 2022 and 2021 respectively) when rainfall in a day was above 200 mm.
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