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Climate data for Bengaluru (1991–2020, extremes 1901–present) Month Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Year Record high °C (°F)
The importance of rainfall is such that Karnataka sometimes had to resort to costly artificial methods like cloud seeding in order to induce rain artificially. [17] Rainfall is also crucial to recharge the depleting ground water and Karnataka has come up with innovative methods like rainwater harvesting in order to solve the drinking water ...
Bangalore receives about 970 mm of rain annually, with the wettest months being August, September and October. The heaviest rainfall recorded in a 24-hour period was 18 cm recorded on 1988. Most of the rainfall occurs during late afternoon, evening or night and rain before noon is infrequent.
Bangalore has a mean annual rainfall of 859.6 mm (2.8 ft) with June to September seeing the majority of rainfall. [67] [66] [79] 2022 was the wettest year with over 1700mm of rainfall. [80] [81] The city sees around 60 rainy days a year. [82] The minimum rainfall is 587.8 mm/year. [79] An estimate of the rain water potential is 45000 million ...
Ramamurthy Nagar was historically filled with lakes. It was surrounded by a single water body which today is split up into Kalkere, Maragondanahalli, Kithanagur and Yellamma lakes (also known as Yele Mallappa Shetty Lake). Today the Ramamurthynagar Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) map shows a total of four lakes: [22] Jayanthinagar Lake
On 8 August, Karnataka received nearly five times the rainfall it normally used to have, adding to the severity of the ongoing floods in 12 districts that had killed 20 people by 9 August 2019. [ 7 ] Excess rainfall is the main possible factor that caused or intensified floods.
It is the principal agency responsible for meteorological observations, weather forecasting and seismology. IMD is headquartered in Delhi and operates hundreds of observation stations across India and Antarctica. Regional offices are at Chennai, Mumbai, Kolkata, Nagpur, Guwahati and New Delhi.
The South Asian monsoon season, which spans from June to September, typically brings about 80% of annual rainfall to the region. [8]In recent years, India has witnessed intensified weather patterns, with the monsoon season becoming more erratic and less dependable over time. [9]