At 33.5mm rainfall so far, Indore sees driest July in decade
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Indore: With only 33.5 mm of rainfall recorded in the first 20 days of this month, Indore is witnessing its driest July in the last ten years. The city, which typically receives over 300 mm of rainfall in this peak monsoon month, is trailing far behind its seasonal average.
Daily rainfall records show minimal precipitation, with several days logging barely 0.1 or 0.4 mm and only one day seeing a notable 10.4 mm. The city recorded no rainfall in the last five days till Sunday.
The deficit becomes more striking when compared to previous years. Last year, July brought 454.7 mm of rainfall. In 2022, the figure stood at 359.8 mm, while 2021 and 2020 recorded 175.2 mm and 191.1 mm respectively. Even in years considered relatively dry, like 2017 and 2018, the monthly totals reached 247.9 mm and 239.7 mm, more than seven times what the city has received so far this year.
July rainfall has never dipped this low in the past decade.
Sunday morning in Indore began with bright sunshine and clouds hovered intermittently without bringing any meaningful showers. Saturday was the hottest day of the month, with the temperature touching 32 degrees Celsius, 2 degrees above normal. On Sunday, the maximum temperature was recorded at 30.1 degrees Celsius, while the minimum was 22.2 degrees Celsius, and humidity hovered around 87% in the morning.
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Met officials attribute the dry spell to the current positioning of the monsoon trough and depression, which remain far from Madhya Pradesh. No major rainfall activity is expected in Indore over the next four days. Uunless a western disturbance becomes active, chances of substantial rain remain low, said weather scientist Arun Sharma.
There may be some relief in sight by end of the month. A fresh low-pressure area is likely to form over the north Bay of Bengal around July 24, which could influence rainfall patterns in central India if it intensifies and moves westward. With ten days still left in the month, hopes persist, but the rainfall shortfall has already made July 2025 the driest in a decade.
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