As temperatures rise, pre-monsoon rainfall records 27 per cent dip: IMD

The IMD recorded 43.3 millimetres of rainfall across the country from March 1 to April 24 as against the normal precipitation of 59.6 millimetres. This was 27 per cent less of the long period average (LPA).

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