Nepal records 45-year high pre-monsoon rainfall
Summary
Nepal recorded its heaviest pre-monsoon rainfall in 45 years, receiving 339.7 mm during the period, surpassing previous records since 1981.
Key Points
- Nepal experienced 339.7 millimetres of pre-monsoon rainfall this year, the highest in 45 years.
- This rainfall amount is 145.5% of the seasonal average of 226.3 millimetres.
- The previous highest pre-monsoon rainfall was 331.40 millimetres in 1990.
- Anarmani Birta in Jhapa district recorded extremely heavy rainfall of 208 millimetres in the past 24 hours.
