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Average monthly rainfall is 919.9 mm in Santacruz and 768.5 mm in Colaba. [1] The highest 24-hour rainfall in the history of Mumbai was recorded at the Santacruz observatory of the India Meteorological Department on 26 July 2005. On this day, a record 944 mm rainfall fell over the city, causing large-scale flooding, claiming several lives and ...
The highest 24-hour period in India was 1,168 mm (46.0 inches) in Aminidivi in the Union Territory of Lakshadweep on 6 May 2004 although some reports suggest that it was a new Indian record. The previous record high rainfall in a 24-hour period for Mumbai was 575 mm (22.6 inches) in 1974.
Mumbai: India: 2,213.4 0.6 0.4 0.7 0.2 15.9 506.0 768.5 ... Average monthly precipitation (in mm) for selected cities in Oceania City Country Year Jan Feb Mar Apr May ...
Climate data for Mumbai 1991–2020 normals, extremes 1901–present. Month Jan Feb ... Average rainfall mm (inches) 0.6 (0.02) 0.4 (0.02) 0.7 (0.03) 0.2 (0.01) 15.9 ...
The scale of dBZ values can be seen along the bottom of the image. dBZ is a logarithmic dimensionless technical unit used in radar. It is mostly used in weather radar, to compare the equivalent reflectivity factor (Z) of a remote object (in mm 6 per m 3) to the return of a droplet of rain with a diameter of 1 mm (1 mm 6 per m 3). [1]
The river flood was caused by the eighth heaviest ever recorded 24-hour rainfall figure of 994 mm (39.1 inches) [6] which lashed the city on 26 July 2005, and intermittently continued through the next day. During the deluge, about 10,000 houses and shops in Rawal Pada, Ghartan Pada and Sri Krishna Nagar were submerged causing heavy losses.
Mumbai has a drainage system, which in many places, are more than 100 years old, consisting of 2,000 km of open drains, 440 km of closed drains, 186 outfalls and more than 30,000 water entrances. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ] The capacity of most of the drains is around 25 mm of rain per hour during low tide , [ 4 ] which is exceeded routinely during the ...
Mumbai recorded 468 mm of rainfall in twelve hours, the highest in a day in August since 1997, according to data from the India Meteorological Department. [5] Transport systems came to a virtual standstill with local trains in Mumbai stationary and various flights cancelled with almost all delayed. On Link Road, a building collapsed.