| At 256.8mm, Bengaluru
records highest November rain since 1916 |
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| BENGALURU: With 4.2mm and 6.2mm rainfall
recorded in the City and HAL areas on Friday, Bengaluru has seen the highest
rainfall in the month of November since 1916. |
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| Upto 8.30pm on Friday a total of 256.8mm
rainfall has been received this month, marginally higher than the 252.2mm in
99 years ago (1916). |
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| The unprecedented rains this month had
already seen more rain than monsoon last week, and with the weatherman
predicting more in the next three days, may take the new record beyond the
256.8mm. |
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| Even after the last recording happened,
the rain had not stopped. By 8,30am tomorrow (on Saturday) we will know
better, a duty officer from the Meteorological department said, forecasting
rains for the next three days. |
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| After 2015 and 1916, 2010 recorded the
highest rain at 145.3mm followed by 143.7mm in 2013. Even 2012 saw rainfall
over 100mm at 125mm. |
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| With rain recorded almost on all days so
far, this November has also seen a five-fold increase in the number of rainy
days. The average number of rainy days seen in November as per an analysis
between the years 1971 and 2000 is 3.9 days. |
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| The department has attributed this
month's rains to a well-marked low-pressure area over southwest Bay of
Bengal, off Tamil Nadu coast. |
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| http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/bengaluru/At-256-8mm-Bengaluru-records-highest-November-rain-since-1916/articleshow/49868770.cms |
