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Monthwise rainfall figures in different meteorological sub-divisions: 1996 (millimetres)

Meteorological sub-division	January (1)		February (1)		March (2)		April (2)		May (2)		June (3)		July (3)		August (3)		September (3)		October (4)		November (4)		December (4)
Meteorological sub-division	Normal	Actual	Normal	Actual	Normal	Actual	Normal	Actual	Normal	Actual	Normal	Actual	Normal	Actual	Normal	Actual	Normal	Actual	Normal	Actual	Normal	Actual	Normal	Actual
Andaman and Nicobar Islands	73	79	48	84	40	6	89	156	377	299	470	504	357	332	360	299	409	529	320	324	253	308	171	197
Arunachal Pradesh	44	38	70	23	101	178	235	225	324	134	543	365	596	906	411	400	293	225	129	158	22	9	14	1
Assam and Meghalaya	18	9	29	25	80	151	196	121	407	439	552	340	556	740	433	386	347	255	161	243	26	4	13	0
Nagaland, Manipur, Mizoram and Tripura	14	0	29	24	65	142	121	59	234	207	363	232	324	276	299	221	231	276	149	162	42	12	10	1
Sub-Himalayan West Bengal and Sikkim	17	25	22	13	52	23	110	64	283	302	536	315	615	775	509	460	427	474	147	79	16	1	5	0
Gangetic West Bengal	13	15	20	23	26	10	43	56	98	46	249	289	304	228	303	446	241	180	120	103	19	3	3	0
Orissa	13	15	25	7	22	9	32	24	63	22	223	226	357	250	355	322	244	106	120	53	29	8	6	0
Bihar Plateau	20	11	26	24	20	8	20	9	52	14	198	334	329	227	320	408	240	145	84	27	12	1	5	0
Bihar Plains	16	19	17	19	11	0	14	2	45	9	169	195	307	295	310	333	222	179	64	73	8	0	3	0
East Uttar Pradesh	18	59	16	43	10	1	6	2	16	0	104	139	306	196	299	351	191	157	48	99	5	0	6	0
Plains of West Uttar Pradesh	22	23	18	56	13	4	6	1	11	9	80	115	265	212	269	328	165	167	34	38	4	0	9	0
Hills of West Uttar Pradesh	66	45	63	89	60	40	33	52	55	7	172	167	450	295	447	374	229	203	59	35	8	0	25	0
Haryana, Chandigarh and Delhi	22	25	19	48	14	18	7	2	12	10	51	148	175	122	179	315	108	161	18	24	4	NA	8	0
Punjab	29	27	26	52	26	29	11	5	14	6	43	158	190	118	170	242	100	85	21	24	4	0	15	1
Himachal Pradesh	80	72	74	100	81	94	44	30	48	50	97	192	347	205	231	332	157	137	43	35	13	0	36	5
Jammu and Kashmir	82	57	86	81	99	66	74	36	52	72	65	126	183	140	190	484	86	25	29	38	17	6	48	5
West Rajasthan	4	4	5	4	4	3	2	2	8	4	28	185	99	98	112	122	42	27	5	9	2	0	2	0
East Rajasthan	7	6	5	10	6	4	2	4	9	2	57	146	224	273	228	333	115	143	14	20	4	0	4	0
West Madhya Pradesh	13	20	8	0	8	6	4	2	9	4	115	53	333	433	278	402	195	162	31	59	16	2	7	0
East Madhya Pradesh	20	28	22	0	18	5	14	12	15	7	166	123	405	360	383	398	225	151	52	30	9	11	9	0
Gujarat Region	2	5	1	0	2	0	1	0	7	0	146	149	426	461	304	340	181	177	27	50	9	0	1	0
Saurashtra and Kutch	1	4	1	0	4	0	1	5	4	0	95	156	233	207	128	37	85	29	15	41	10	1	1	0
Konkan and Goa	1	1	1	0	0	0	5	3	42	3	694	542	1,090	1,114	674	529	350	249	113	212	28	3	7	0
Madhya Maharashtra	4	1	2	0	4	0	12	15	29	10	140	164	268	263	178	160	156	167	72	178	29	7	7	1
Marathwada	3	0	4	0	7	0	10	18	20	3	146	54	241	179	187	241	177	244	59	100	20	3	8	2
Vidarbha	12	4	10	7	18	6	12	13	14	1	173	57	256	257	277	256	184	151	51	88	17	4	10	0
Coastal Andhra Pradesh	10	1	11	4	13	2	25	19	56	22	110	243	224	168	164	224	169	158	190	284	99	83	23	43
Telangana	4	0	7	4	10	1	19	41	26	8	134	128	249	228	220	306	186	162	78	114	20	22	8	0
Rayalaseema	8	0	5	0	6	0	20	40	52	29	58	231	86	59	99	330	133	220	114	257	73	31	26	108
Tamil Nadu and Pondicherry	34	10	15	7	21	3	50	88	72	33	52	159	75	47	97	119	105	171	196	193	192	131	89	261
Coastal Karnataka	2	0	1	1	5	0	32	16	141	27	868	842	1,161	1,051	678	559	304	324	184	233	66	21	14	47
North Interior Karnataka	2	0	3	0	7	0	26	27	48	29	97	139	149	113	122	170	150	217	93	175	27	8	7	5
South Interior Karnataka	3	1	4	1	8	2	45	74	99	63	149	249	279	199	186	216	136	219	149	155	53	11	15	42
Kerala	15	13	17	8	40	14	114	134	257	71	688	593	746	680	436	338	248	329	288	319	164	97	42	88
Lakshadweep	25	45	9	1	8	1	35	16	141	50	323	427	277	335	215	197	157	230	138	109	118	60	69	132
Notes: NA : Not available
Source: 1. Anon 1997, Weather in India, in Mausam, Vol 48, No 1, India Meteorological Department, New Delhi, p 96. 2. Anon 1997, Weather in India, in Mausam, Vol 48, No 2, India Meteorological Department, New Delhi, p 338. 3. Anon 1997, Weather in India, in Mausam, Vol 48, No 3, India Meteorological Department, New Delhi, pp 483-484. 4. Anon 1997, Weather in India, in Mausam, Vol 48, No 4, India Meteorological Department, New Delhi, p 680.