Co Authors: GSB, Shreyas Dhavale, Pradeep John, Dr. Vineet Singh

Tuesday, September 02, 2025

 Posted 2nd September:

Very Heavy Rains expected in Gujarat starting from 3rd September -  6th September.

Heavy to very heavy rains at isolated places with isolated extremely heavy falls very likely in the districts of Gujarat region namely Surat, Navsari, Valsad and in Daman, Dadra and Nagar Haveli. 

Heavy to very heavy rains very likely at isolated places in the districts of Gujarat region namely Narmada, Bharuch, Dang and Tapi; in the districts of Saurashtra- Kutch namely Amreli, Bhavnagar and Botad.


Maharashtra will also get heavy rains from 3rd to 6th September.:

Moderate to heavy rain/Thundershowers very likely to occur in the districts of North Madhya Maharashtra. 

Moderate rain/Thundershowers very likely to occur in Marathwada.( Sambhajinagar, Jalna, Nanded). 

Moderate to heavy rainfall likely to occur  in  Konkan-Goa

Moderate rainfall very likely to occur in  South Madhya Maharashtra.( Pune, Kolhapur, Solapur).

Mumbai:  Orange Alert from 4th - 6th.

A bounce back in rains from 4th to 6th September. (Ganpati Visarjan.)Heavy rains with thundershowers likely from 4th onwards. Expected rain amount 5th/6th cumulative 170 mms.

Monday, September 01, 2025

MONSOON REPORT 2025


 

 Monsoon Rainfall of Major Indian cities from June 1 to August 31, 2025:

Srinagar: 195.2 mm

Chennai A.P 260 mm

Bengaluru: 273.7 mm   

Visakhapatnam 427.4 mm

Chennai : 471 mm

Pune: 532 mm

Hyderabad: 581.2 mm                            

Thiruvananthapuram: 626.8 mm

Lucknow 668.7 mm

Guwahati: 712.2 mm

Shillong: 709.5 mm

Ahmedabad: 745.6 mm

Imphal: 746.8 mm

Amritsar: 758.8 mm

New Delhi Safdarjung: 768.9 mm 

Chandigarh: 795.2 mm

Raipur: 816.4 mm

Jaipur: 818.2 mm

Minicoy 827.1 mm

Bhopal: 835.0 mm

Patna: 853.9 mm

Prayagraj: 923.7 mm

Bhubaneswar 945.7 mm

Agartala 1179.4 mm

Kolkata: 1194.3 mm

Shimla: 1373.8 mm

Ranchi 1455.3 mm

Gangtok 1517.1 mm

Port Blair: 1530.5 mm

Dehradun: 1652.8 mm

Mumbai Santacruz: 2494 mm

Panjim: 2369.7 mm

Mangaluru: 3538 mm

Cherrapunji: 3839 mm


Sunday, August 31, 2025

 31st August :

New Low Pressure will form in Bay by 2nd September ...showing effect in Maharashtra, M.P and Gujarat from 3rd.

Mumbai:

1st/2nd September : Moderate occasional passing showers with " bright" intervals. Moderate rainfall of about 10-30 mms/day.

3rd/4th September : Increase in rainfall frequency and intensity with heavy rainfall with gusty winds and some thunder. Local partial flooding to be taken care of. Can expect 40-70 mms/day or more locally.

Pune: Rainfall frequency increasing from 3rd September . Moderate to heavy rains on 3rd/4th in many areas.

Sambhajinagar to get heavy rainfall (> 40 mms/Day) from 2nd to 5th September . Necessary cover up precaution in open field to be taken as winds will gust to 30-40 kmph.

Gujarat: Very heavy rains from 3rd-6th September in Gujarat Region  and South Gujarat:                                                                    

                                                                                             Heavy Rain Expected from 3rd to 6th September .


Bharuch will get heavy rains from 3rd to 5th, whilst Surat and Valsad will also get heavy rains from the 3rd to 5th with gusty winds.


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Very Heavy Rains all over India on 30th


August

 Chennai saw an unbelievable end to August!


Below normal August rain in Pune

Pune Shivajinagar recorded below normal rain in August 2025.

The attached graph shows daily rain variation in Pune Shivajinagar from 1 June-31 August 2025.

Only 3 days this August Pune Shivajinagar recorded double digit rain.
79% of August rain this year occurred in just 3 days. Data: IMD



Delhi recorded cool and wettest August since 2010

Delhi recorded 400.8mm rain this August, this is the highest August rain in Delhi since 2010.

The attached graph shows the daily rain in Delhi Safdarjung this August.

Highest single day rain this August: 80mm (15 August)
Number of rainy days: 14
Also, the average minimum temperature of Delhi Safdarjung this August is 25.1°C, which is the lowest average minimum temperature in August at least since 2011. Data: IMD


Friday, August 29, 2025

Vagaries underestimated 29th Friday rains for Mumbai...when an average of 80 mms fell against our estimated upto average 30 mms. All from the UAC resulting from the Low.

Colaba 32 mms & Scruz 77 mms in 12 hrs till 8 30 pm

Anyway, for Saturday/Sunday weekend estimate a decrease in rainfall frequency

The unexpected formation of UAC from the Low Pressure has fizzled out.

Occasional showers this weekend would result in average 20 - 35 mms.

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Sudden change in winds due to UAC over Vidarbha resulting in afternoon rains

12 Hour rainfall in mm (from 8.30am to 8.30pm) in Mumbai and MMR region in mms 

Khairna Village: 139

Ghansoli: 135 

Vashi: 149

Paspoli mun school Powai: 101

Malpa dongri mun school Andheri East: 99

Nerul: 91

Marol Fire Station: 90

Tagore Nagar Vikhroli: 90  

Malwani Fire Station: 89

Chembur: 86

Pratiksha Nagar Sion: 85

Vagaries Club 34 mm

Haji Ali 26 mm

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