Hyderabad records deficient rainfall last week

Hyderabad: After several days of intermittent rains, Hyderabad could breathe easy on Wednesday. Though clouds kept hovering in the sky, not allowing denizens an opportunity to bask in the sun, the day remained free of rains that otherwise had kept intermittently lashing the city through day and night over the last couple of weeks. The […]

Hyderabad: After several days of intermittent rains, Hyderabad could breathe easy on Wednesday.

Though clouds kept hovering in the sky, not allowing denizens an opportunity to bask in the sun, the day remained free of rains that otherwise had kept intermittently lashing the city through day and night over the last couple of weeks.

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The weather remained pleasant and warm through Wednesday with the mercury in the noon hours seeking to climb up the charts.

Rainfall:

After experiencing turbulent weather at the end of July, the city recorded subdued and deficient rainfall in the first week of August. Against the normal 45.4 mm, Hyderabad received only 22.3 mm rainfall with a departure of minus 51 per cent from August 4 to 10, states data available with the India Meteorological Department – Hyderabad (IMD-H).

From July 1 to August 10, Hyderabad however, recorded excess seasonal rainfall. The city received 516 mm of rain against a normal of 342.8 mm, IMD data shows.

Scattered rain caused temperature and humidity to slightly rise in the city. The humidity level recorded during morning hours on Wednesday was 77 per cent.

According to IMD-H, the southwest monsoon is likely to be weak all over the State including Hyderabad for the next three days. The forecast indicates that things will get better by Sunday with a prediction of increased rainfall over the State.