Bengaluru: Intense thundershowers lit up the skies over Bengaluru on Sunday evening and the downpour broke a 133-year-old record in the state capital. The city received 111.6mm of rain in 24 hours till 8am on Monday, making it the city’s wettest day in June till date.
The record for the highest single-day rainfall for the month in Bengaluru had stood since 1891, when 101.6mm was reported on June 16, as per C S Patil from IMD Bengaluru.The city’s rain data is available from the 1850s. This was also the wettest day in the city since September 6, 2022.
The storm led to 265 trees and 309 branches falling on roads, houses and vehicles, inflicting severe damage to property. There were 64 ins-tances of water-logging and 261 cases of electric poles collapsing or leaning dangerously. While the average rainfall for June in Bengaluru is 110.3mm, the city in the first three days of this month has already reported more than 120mm, IMD officials said.
The record for the highest single-day rainfall for the month in Bengaluru had stood since 1891, when 101.6mm was reported on June 16, as per C S Patil from IMD Bengaluru.The city’s rain data is available from the 1850s. This was also the wettest day in the city since September 6, 2022.
The storm led to 265 trees and 309 branches falling on roads, houses and vehicles, inflicting severe damage to property. There were 64 ins-tances of water-logging and 261 cases of electric poles collapsing or leaning dangerously. While the average rainfall for June in Bengaluru is 110.3mm, the city in the first three days of this month has already reported more than 120mm, IMD officials said.
IMD clarified that Sunday’s record rainfall in Bengaluru had little to do with the progressing monsoon as the thunderstorms were a result of local convection.
Meanwhile, the southwest monsoon, which entered Karnataka on Sunday, pushed further into the state on Monday.
The monsoon now covers roughly half of the state and most of Andhra, with the upper line of the system touching the southern border of Telangana. As per data sourced from Karnataka State Natural Disaster Monitoring Centre , Sunday’s rainfall ranged from moderate to heavy across all parts of Bengaluru.
Cloudy conditions are likely to continue over Bengaluru over the next few days with the likelihood of moderate to heavy thunderstorms along with strong winds, IMD officials said.