Wettest August in 32 years, 27% surplus rainfall across country

[](https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/wettest-
august-in-32-years-27-surplus-rainfall-across-
country/articleshow/77862193.cms) India experienced its wettest month of
August in 32 years, with 27% higher than normal rainfall across the country as
a whole, and as much as 61% above normal rains in central India. The month
ended with 327mm of average rainfall in the country, 26.7% above the normal
for the month (258mm), driving the overall monsoon rainfall in the season so
far to close to the "excess" category at 9.8% above the long period average
(LPA).