Mumbai Clocks 57 per cent of its annual rain quota
Mumbai Clocks 57 per cent of its annual rain quota
Despite recent dry spell, and even after heavy downpours have eluded the city Mumbai’s Island city division has already clocked in 57 per cent of its annual rain quota by early July.
However, the IMD has indicated that in the coming days Mumbai will experience a resurgence in showers. i
Santacruz station has recorded 44 percent of its average quantum of rain for the year.
Mumbai largely receives its annual quota of rain during the four monsoon months spanning June to September. Amidst the course of the monsoon, the city’s Santacruz station in the suburbs receives an average of 2319 mm rain while the Colaba coastal observatory registers 2095 mm rain.
Notedly, Data furnished by the IMD shows that even with three months of monsoon to go, the Colaba station has already received 1187 mm rain since May, accounting for 57 percent of its annual quantum of rain which stands at 2095 mm.
Meanwhile, having received 1028 mm rain so far, the Santacruz station has clocked in 44 percent of its annual average rain for the year.
The significant quantum of rain has been spurred by heavy pre-monsoon showers throughout May, followed by a historic early onset of southwest monsoon in
Mumbai, this year, when the monsoon arrived into the bay on May 25. Owing to the early onset, the total stock in the seven lakes catering to Mumbai’s potable water supply soared to nearly 60 percent by Sunday morning–its highest for this day in at least past two years.
News Edit KV Raman
