Summary:
Similarly, a district is considered “deficient” when the rainfall deficiency is between -20% and -59%.Almost 9%, or 56 districts, have shown large rainfall deficiency during the June 1-July 25 period in 2018. Almost 30% or 198 districts are still rain deficient. While rainfall has receded over Maharashtra, as many as 10 districts here have begun to show less than average rain. In addition, the offshore trough from Gujarat to Kerala coast caused heavy to very rain over the Western Ghats , including Mumbai. “When monsoon is good over central and peninsular India, it generally remains weak over northeast India, and vice versa..