Lopsided rains: Overall weekly cumulative rainfall departures over meteorological subdivisions were more than 50% of long period average along foothills of the Himalayas with highest for West Uttar Pradesh (141%) for the week ending August 6, according to the IMD; While most of the meteorological subdivisions in central India received deficient to large deficient rainfall during the week, all-India weekly rainfall departure was 24% below than the long period average, showing how lopsided rains were this week
Torrential rains lashed many parts of North India on Saturday with the India Meteorological Department (IMD) issuing alerts for several districts of Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand. Delhi and surrounding National Capital Region (NCR) also awoke to a deluge of heavy rain this morning, resulting in waterlogging in some areas along with traffic jams. The IMD had declared an Orange Alert for most of Delhi a Yellow Alert for the larger NCR region, expecting more rains
The weather office has also issued an advisory for Himachal Pradesh, predicting heavy rains in most areas of the hill state and an Orange Alert for three districts on August 11 and 12 and a Yellow Alert for the rest of the districts.
Several districts of UP and Madhya Pradesh are witnessing flood-like conditions with rivers either close to or above the danger marks. Varanasi and Prayagraj are among the worst affected areas, as flood water has entered several low-lying areas.
The weather department has also predicted a fresh spell of rain over northeastern parts of the country for the next seven days. Central India and parts of Rajasthan may witness rainfall during the upcoming week. According to the IMD, heavy to very heavy rainfall is likely in Uttarakhand, Punjab, J-K and Himachal Pradesh and extremely heavy rainfall is expected in Haryana and western Uttar Pradesh till August 12.
An alert has also been sounded for Bihar and Jharkhand till August 10. Several parts of Bihar are also facing flood-like conditions with many rivers flowing above danger levels. According to the IMD, extremely heavy rainfall reported over Himachal Pradesh and Uttarakhand during August 5 and 6 were due to very slow movement of an active western disturbance across western Himalayan region during the period.
Overall weekly cumulative rainfall departures over meteorological subdivisions were more than 50% of long period average along foothills of the Himalayas with highest for West Uttar Pradesh (141%) for the week ending August 6, according to the IMD. While most of the meteorological subdivisions in central India received deficient to large deficient rainfall during the week, all-India weekly rainfall departure was 24% below than the long period average, showing how lopsided rains were this week
According to the analysis of weekly overall rainfall distribution during the week-ending on August 6 and this year’s Southwest Monsoon rains (June 1, 2025 to August 6, 2025) for the country as a whole, the weekly cumulative all India rainfall (from July 31 to August 6, 2025) in percent departure from its long period average (LPA) was minus 24%. All India seasonal cumulative rainfall during this season (June 1 to August 6, 2025), however, was 3% in positive
