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Eleven districts successful Karnataka, including Bengaluru Urban, received shortage pre-monsoon rainfall betwixt March 1 and May 11.
According to the Karnataka State Natural Disaster Monitoring Centre’s (KSNDMC) district-wise pre-monsoon pattern-2026, during this period, Bengaluru Urban (-23%), Bengaluru South (-29%), Tumakuru (-21%), Chitradurga (-44%), Vijayanagar (-24%), Davangere (-25%), Hassan (-28%), Kodagu (-48%), Mysuru (-50%), Mandya (-42%) and Chamarajanagar (-39%) received shortage rainfall.
Rainfall is considered mean erstwhile it varies betwixt +19% and -19%, deficient erstwhile it varies betwixt -20% and -59%, ample deficient erstwhile it is -60% oregon less, excess erstwhile it varies betwixt +20% and +59%, and ample excess erstwhile it is +60% and above.
Sixteen districts — Bengaluru Rural, Chickballapur, Kolar, Dakshina Kannada, Udupi, Chikkamagaluru, Shivamogga, Uttara Kannada, Haveri, Ballari, Koppal, Bagalkot, Belagavi, Vijayapura, Yadgir, and Bidar — received mean rainfall.
While Bidar, Raichur, and Gadag received excess rainfall, Dharwad and Kalaburagi received ample excess rainfall. The KSNDMC’s taluk-wise information reveals that 11 taluks received ample shortage rainfall, 99 taluks received shortage rainfall, 72 taluks received mean rainfall, 33 taluks received excess rainfall, and 21 taluks received ample excess rainfall.
The summertime has been aggravated crossed the State, with a fewer districts successful north-interior Karnataka signaling a maximum somesthesia of much than 40°C connected galore occasions.
In Bengaluru for instance, the somesthesia was supra 35°C for astir of April and adjacent crossed the 36°C people connected galore occasions.
On Monday (May 11), the IMD forecast said that determination would beryllium an summation successful maximum somesthesia by 2-3°C successful north-interior Karnataka during the adjacent 5 days.
“There volition beryllium nary ample alteration successful maximum somesthesia successful coastal Karnataka and south-interior Karnataka during adjacent 5 days,” IMD said.
The IMD has already stated that the 2026 southwest monsoon seasonal rainfall (June to September) crossed Karnataka is expected to beryllium beneath mean successful astir parts of the State. However, immoderate regions successful northeast and southeast-interior Karnataka are apt to person mean to above-normal rainfall.
