MONSOON FURY: RECORD RAINFALL IN AUGUST IN NORTHERN STATES

As torrential rains wreak havoc in the northern states, Jammu and Kashmir recorded its sixth wettest August in 125 years, with a 73 per cent surplus rainfall recorded in the month, while Himachal Pradesh witnessed the highest rainfall for August in 76 years, according to weather experts.India Meteorological Department (IMD) data showed Delhi received 399.8 mm of rainfall in August, the most for the month in 15 years. The last time Delhi recorded more rainfall in August was in 2010 at 455.8 mm.

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Himachal Pradesh recorded 431.3 mm of rain in the month, the most since 1949, the Shimla meteorological department said on Monday.

The August rainfall of 431.3 mm against a normal of 256.8 mm marked an excess of 68 per cent, the local weather office said in a statement.

The figures are the ninthhighest in August since records began in 1901, while the all-time record for the month remains 542.4 mm recorded in 1927, Met Office data showed.