The rain that lashed Bengaluru and Kozhikode in 2024 broke some of the oldest records that remained intact even for over a century, according to the annual Climate Summary Report 2024 of the India Meteorological Department (IMD).

On June 3, 2024, Bengaluru City recorded 111.1 mm of rainfall, breaking the previous highest rainfall ever recorded in June, 101.6 mm on June 16, 1891.

Kozhikode also received heavy showers during various months in 2024, breaking century-old records. On January 5, 2024, Kozhikode recorded 105.9 mm of rainfall. For the same month, the previous record was made way back in 1909; 104.4 mm. In December 2024, the rainfall recorded in Kozhikode; 155.8 mm bettered a pre-independence record of 115.1 mm registered on December 8, 1942.

Hanamkonda in Telangana was another city that broke an old rainfall record. On May 13, 2024, the city recorded 80.1mm of rainfall, breaking the previous highest of 75.7 mm recorded on May 22, 1940. Kottayam and Kochi are other places in Kerala which recorded high rainfall in January and November 2024, breaking old records.

While rain records were rewritten in the southern cities, Puri in Odisha took the dubious distinction of being the hottest city in 2024. On October 1, 2024, the land of Jagannath recorded a temperature of 36.7 degrees Celsius, breaking the previous highest record of 36.1 degrees Celsius set on October 2, 1899. Nellore, in Andhra Pradesh, was another place which broke the record of the highest maximum temperature. It recorded 40.7 degrees Celsius on October 2, 2024, and the previous highest was 39.4 degrees Celsius on October 10, 1900.

The report notes that many extreme rainfall events were observed during the 2024 southwest monsoon season. During July, extremely heavy rainfall occurred over Konkan & Goa, coastal Karnataka, Kerala & Mahe, Assam & Meghalaya, and Saurashtra & Kutch. Kerala witnessed the disastrous landslide at Meppadi in Wayanad as an aftermath of an extreme rainfall event on July 31, 2024.

Three places in Kerala recorded rainfall extremes in 2024. Alappuza recorded 155.7 mm of rainfall on December 10, while Kozhikode and Thiruvananthapuram recorded 155.8 mm on December 3 and 121.5 mm on May 19, respectively.

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