District goes from deficient to excess in a month

Nagpur: Finally, bringing to an end rain deficiency, the city received 112% rains of the normal last month. Moreover, in just first five days September, the city has received more rains than it did in more than half of July.
Good rains have also brought an end to the problem of water shortage. As per latest data of weather department, Nagpur district has received 10% excess rains. Totladoh now has 52.24% live water storage while Kamptee Khairi has 32%. Nagpur no longer faces any water scarcity. In the beginning of August, both the dams were almost dry.
As per the data provided by the Regional Meteorological Centre (RMC), the total rainfall that the city received in August is 316.2 millimetres (mm), against the normal of 281.3mm. In July, the city had received total rains around 385.4mm, which was again more than the month’s normal of 304.4mm.
August 9 was the wettest day for the month when the city received 94mm rains. It also turned out to be the coldest day for Nagpur, with minimum temperature falling to 22.3 degree Celsius. The highest maximum temperature of the month was 34 degree Celsius recorded on August 19.
Compared to July, August turned out to be relatively cooler. There were hardly seven days of absolutely zero rains in the city.
This year, heavy rains are continuing till September. In the first five days of this month, the city has received around 85.2mm rains, out of which the highest rains were recorded on September 3 at 30mm.
August has proved to be a good month for not only for Nagpur districts but also Chhindwada and Seoni districts where catchment area of Totladoh dam lies. The dam is the major source of water for the city.
In July, Chhindwada district was 65% rainfall deficient while the figure for Seoni was 21%. As a result Totladoh had 45 million cubic metre (mm3) less than the live storage level. Kamptee Khairi, its lower dam, had just 34 mm3 water. The city was facing an unprecedented water crisis and Nagpur Municipal Corporation (NMC) had to impose water cut.
Rains in August and September have filled up Totladoh and it now has 531mm3 live storage. Kamptee Khairi, the lower dam has 46 mm3. Now there is no need for water cut for the city as its requirement is 175 mm3, which goes up to about 230 mm3 after taking evaporation into account. With still three weeks of rainy season remaining, farmers of Nagpur and Bhandara district can hope for water from Totladoh for irrigation for the kharif crop.
WET SPELL
- Nagpur received 112% rains of the normal in August
- Total rains received — 316.2 millimetres
- August 9 wettest and coldest day of the month
- First 5 days of September received more rains than it did in more than half of July
- Live water storage in: Totladoh — 52.24%, Kamptee Khairi — 32%
- No more water scarcity
September rain data
September 1 — 19mm
September 2 — 5mm
September 3 — 30mm
September 4 — 28mm
September 5 — 3.2mm