From June 1 to July 19, 33 districts have recorded above normal rains, 15 normal and three districts have recorded below normal rains in the State. Maximum 841 mm rainfall has been recorded in Damoh district and minimum 188 mm in Datia district.
The districts where rainfall has been above normal include Jabalpur, Katni, Chhindwara, Seoni, Mandla, Narsinghpur, Sagar, Damoh, Panna, Tikamgarh, Chhatarpur, Sidhi, Satna, Indore, Alirajpur, Khandwa, Ujjain, Mandsaur, Bhind, Dewas, Shajapur, Morena, Shivpuri, Guna, Ashok Nagar, Bhopal, Sehore, Raisen, Vidisha, Rajgarh, Hoshangabad, Harda and Betul.
Normal rainfall has been recorded in Singrauli, Rewa, Shahdol, Umaria, Dhar, Jhabua, Khargone, Barwani, Burhanpur, Neemuch, Ratlam, Shyopur Kalan, Gwalior, Datia and Dindori districts.
Below normal rainfall has been recorded in Balaghat, Anuppur and Agar-Malwa districts.
At present, the country as a whole is witnessing a rain surplus of 3 per cent, with Central India 16 per cent and South Peninsula 3 per cent.
Meanwhile, the maximum and minimum and temperature recorded in major cities of Madhya Pradesh on Tuesday was Bhopal 30.3 and 24.1, Guna 31.5 and 24.2, Gwalior 35.8 and 27.1, Hoshangabad 30.9 and 24.8, Indore 29.9 and 22.6, Khajuraho 33 and 25.6, Jabalpur 30.5 and 24.8, Sagar 31 and 23.2 and Satna recorded temperature of 32 and 24.1 degree Celsius.
However, the Bhopal Meteorological Centre of the India Meteorological Department has predicted that rain or thunder showers would likely take place at few places including Rewa, Hoshangabad and Jabalpur divisions except Katni, Tikamgarh, Chhtarpur, Panna, Raisen and Bhopal districts and at isolated places over rest of the state.