This October was Panaji’s wettest in 120 years

PANAJI: If you thought the incessant rainfall that pounded Panaji this October was unprecedented, you’re probably right. The capital city’s tally of 509.1mm for the post-monsoon month was its highest since 1901, and far ahead of the second-wettest October on record, which occured in 2006 with 391.5mm.
But it wasn’t only Panaji that received a bounty this October.The state clocked 540.9mm last month, which is almost twice the average rainfall for September. Rainfall of 305.8mm in September is considered average.

But the wettest post-monsoon month in decades, with barely eight rainless days, October produced extremely heavy precipitation due to super cyclone Kyarr. “October’s rainfall of 540.9mm was more than double the average rainfall of September due to the influence of cyclone Kyarr and local convective activity,” Krishnamurty Padgalwar, director, IMD, Panaji said.
The delay in the withdrawal of the southwest monsoon had also triggered rainfall, which caused heavy losses to crops and induced flooding in many parts of Goa.
Over 280 mm rain logged in five days due to Kyarr
The delay in the withdrawal of the southwest monsoon had also triggered rainfall, which caused heavy losses to crops and induced flooding in many parts of Goa.
The bumper rainfall in October this year was even higher than the poor rainfall during September in the past. This year, though, extremely heavy rainfall in September yielded 699.5mm — more than double its average of 305.8mm.

Last year, IMD Panaji had recorded the lowest rainfall of 92.3mm. In September 2012 as well, the rainfall was below-average, at 281.12mm.
During the stormy week that produced copious rainfall, as super cyclone Kyarr whizzed past, around 150km from Goa’s coast, more than 280mm rainfall was recorded in just about five days.