RAINFALL STATEMENT 

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                 Rainfall for the week       Rainfall  for the period
                 ending  on  4. 6.2008       from 1. 3.08 to 31. 5.08
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               Actual Normal Excess  Dep-  Actual Normal Excess  Dep-
Sl                             or    art-                  or    art-
No. District                 Defect* ure                 Defect* ure 
                mm      mm     mm      %      mm      mm    mm     %  
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KERALA


 1.ALAPPUZHA     151  118      33      28     470     528     -59  -11

 2.ERNAKULAM     119  142     -23     -16     588     556      32    6

 3.IDUKKI         33  111     -79     -71     352     504    -152  -30

 4.KANNUR         51  121     -70     -57     331     329       2    1

 5.KASARAGOD      97  131     -34     -26     495     296     198   67

 6.KOLLAM         92   94      -2      -2     482     511     -29   -6

 7.KOTTAYAM       54  131     -76     -59     507     563     -56  -10

 8.KOZHIKODE      33  140    -106     -76     482     412      70   17

 9.MALAPPURAM     80  100     -20     -20     351     353      -3   -1

10.PALAKKAD       26   70     -44     -63     225     325     -99  -31

11.PATHANAMTHIT-
   TA             40   94     -54     -58     417     538    -121  -23

12.THIRUVANANTH-
   APURAM        101   78      23      29     527     405     122   30

13.THRISSUR       42  120     -78     -65     332     420     -87  -21

14.WAYANAD        43   70     -27     -39     353     304      49   16

**AVERAGE FOR
     KERALA       61  106     -45     -43     399     428     -28   -7


LAKSHADWEEP       67   80     -13     -16     317     234      83   35





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           * In calculation of excess, defects and their percentages 
           rainfall figures are taken correct to 0.1 mm. 
           % Dep is shown as - when normal value is zero on rounding of
           to one decimal place
** Area weighted average of district values

           NOTE    The rainfall figures for the period are subject to 
                   correction on receipt of late data.
           LEGEND  Excess    +20% or more,       Normal +19% to -19%,
           Deficient -20% to -59%,       Scanty -60% to -99%,
           No rain   -100%.