As many as 21 districts in Karnataka received “large excess” pre-monsoon rainfall, which is marked by a departure of 60 per cent of normal rainfall or more, between March 1 and April 4.
According to the Karnataka State Natural Disaster Monitoring Centre’s (KSNDMC) district-wise pre-monsoon pattern-2026, during this period Bidar, Kalaburagi, Vijayapura, Belagavi, Bagalkot, Dharwad, Gadag, Koppal, Uttara Kannada, Haveri, Vijayanagara, Ballari, Udupi, Dakshina Kannada, Chikkamagaluru, Shivamogga, Davangere, Chitradurga, Tumakuru, Chickballapur, and Bengaluru Rural districts received large excess rainfall.
Four districts — Hassan, Bengaluru South, Bengaluru Urban, and Kolar — received excess rainfall. Kodagu, Mysuru, Mandya, Chamarajanagar and Raichur districts received normal rainfall. Only one district Yadgir received deficient rainfall during this period.
The KSNDMC’s taluk-wise data states that 133 taluks received large excess rainfall, 43 taluks received excess rainfall, 33 taluks received normal rainfall and 21 taluks received deficient rainfall in this period.
Rainfall is considered normal when it varies between +19% and -19%, deficient when it varies between -20% and -59%, large deficient when it is -60% or less, excess when it varies between +20% and +59% and large excess when it is +60% and above.
