THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: With just over two weeks for the northeast monsoon season to officially end, there has been a revival in rainfall activity across the state. The Met Department has forecast rain and thundershowers in most parts of the state till Monday. According to Met Department, the northeast monsoon was ‘vigorous’ over the state on Thursday. While Kochi airport recorded heavy rainfall of 9 cm, Mannarkkad in Palakkad and Kumarakom in Kottayam recorded 6 cms and 4 cms of rainfall respectively. Several stations also recorded the lowest minimum temperature of 22 degree celsius on Thursday.
Performance of NE monsoon
If the ongoing monsoon season is taken into account, the overall rain deficit in the state has fallen to six percent. In Wayanad, where rainfall was around 60 per cent less than the normal, the deficit has now come down to 50 per cent. However, there hasn’t been much improvement in the rainfall situation in Palakkad which continued to record a rain deficit of nearly 60 per cent. Districts which have received good rainfall this season are: Pathanamthitta, Kollam and Thiruvananthapuram, thanks to Cyclone Ockhi which had its impact mostly in south Kerala.
