Pune records wettest May since 2021

Back in 2015, Pune had recorded 88 mm of rainfall for the month of May.

Passengers avoiding the wet floor and the dripping water from the roof on Sunday at pune airport as a portion of roof canopy gave away during Friday’s rain. (Express Photo by Arul Horizon)

Pune experienced the wettest May since 2021, with the city recording over 20-30 mm of rainfall over the last few days. Incursion of moisture from the Bay of Bengal, Arabian Sea and the presence of a western disturbance has led to intense rainfall which is expected to bring relief to Pune and its surrounding regions for the next few days.

On Saturday, Shivajinagar recorded 40 mm of rainfall, while Lohegaon recorded 59.5 mm of rainfall. Similarly on Friday Lohegaon recorded 58 mm of rainfall while Shivajnagar had recorded 28 mm of rainfall. The present phase of rainfall is the highest the city has witnessed since 2021. Back in 2015, Pune had recorded 88 mm of rainfall for the month of May. Since then May has mostly been a dry month for Pune.

Anupam Kashyapi, former weather forecasting head of the India Meteorological Department (IMD) explained that the intense rainfall is due to the incursion of moisture from Bay of Bengal, Arabian Sea and the presence of an Western Disturbance in the Northern parts of the country. The moisture incursion is mainly due to wind instabilities and the high temperature acting as the trigger for the rainfall.

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“Typical of pre monsoon rainfalls, the high day time temperature precipitates the rain activities which continue till late in the evenings,” he said. Most of the rainfall is due to local wind instabilities and thus some parts of the city are receiving more rainfall than others.

IMD has said the present pre monsoon rainfall conditions would continue for the next 4-5 days. Pre monsoon showers have been extremely limited in 2023 and 2022. The presence of El Nino will result in high temperatures which will continue till the first week of June. Wind instabilities will result in good pre-monsoon showers which will allow the dams and ground water tables to regenerate for the district.

Parthasarathi Biswas

Partha Sarathi Biwas is an Assistant Editor with The Indian Express with 10+ years of experience in reporting on Agriculture, Commodities and Developmental issues. He has been with The Indian Express since 2011 and earlier worked with DNA. Partha's report about Farmers Producer Companies (FPC) as well long pieces on various agricultural issues have been cited by various academic publications including those published by the Government of India. He is often invited as a visiting faculty to various schools of journalism to talk about development journalism and rural reporting. In his spare time Partha trains for marathons and has participated in multiple marathons and half marathons. ... Read More

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