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Normal and deficit districts in Tamil Nadu
Posted on: 10/Oct/2014 11:48:44 AM
Tamil Nadu counts the northeast monsoon as its primary source of rainfall and not the southwest monsoon.
But then, ask the Met department about their assessment of the rainfall activity in the state caused by SWM, during the monsoon months of June till September this year, chances are that you would receive a positive response.
So far this season, Tamil Nadu and Puducherry together have received 302.3 mm rainfall; only a slight shortfall of 2 per cent compared to the average 308.2 mm.While six districts, including Coimbatore, Chennai and Theni, fell under the category of “excess districts,” 13 districts each were under the classifications of “normal” and “deficit” districts.Among the deficit districts were Thanjavur and Nagapattinam, which should be a cause for concern to officials in charge of water management and agricultural production. Thanjavur recorded 22 cm (deviation: minus 32 per cent) and Nagapattinam too received 22 cm of rainfall (minus 23 per cent).
The only consolation was that Tiruvarur received a few cm of rainfall (25 cm) more than what the other two districts had.
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