Across the state good rainfall has been witnessed till Sunday and in terms of coverage of rainfall Madhya Pradesh recorded 24 percent more rainfall than normal and in regions Eastern Madhya Pradesh received 3 percent lesser than normal while Western Madhya Pradesh recorded 52 percent above normal.
The highest monsoon rainfall in eastern Madhya Pradesh was 64 percent in Umaria district and 52 percent in Chhindwara and in the Western Madhya Pradesh Ratlam has received 243 percent above average rainfall in the season, 122 percent above average in Jhabua, 120 percent above nor average mal in Mandsaur, 115 percent above average in Indore, 103 percent above n average in Ujjain and 91 percent above average in Khandwa. The districts of excessive rainfall with 60 percent or more are Damoh, Umaria,Dhar, Gwalior, Indore, Jhabua, Khandwa, Mandsaur, Murraya, Neemuch, Ratlam, Shajapur.
State capital has recorded rainfall around 30 percent rainfall above the average rainfall from June 1 till July 6 in the season.
Spell of good rainfall continued across the state and in the past 24 hours highest rainfall was witnessed in Nasrullahganj at 15 cm. Datia recorded 13 cm, Begumganj recorded 10 cm, Icchawar recorded 9 cm, Neemuch recorded 8 cm, Rajgarh and Hoshangabad recorded 7 cm and Budni and Hanumana recorded 6 cm. Warning of very heavy to heavy rainfall has been issued by Met department in the next 24 hours in 26 districts. The weather conditions are likely to remain same for the next 2-3 days and intermittent rainfall and continuous rainfall would be witnessed across the state.