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Sigh of relief: Fresh wet spell reduces rainfall deficiency to 69% from last week’s 83% | KNO

More rain, snow for two days to further reduce deficiency

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Srinagar, Feb 26 (KNO): The fresh spell of precipitation has brought down the rainfall deficiency by 14 per cent as the deficit rainfall has reduced from 83 per cent last week to 69 per cent till Wednesday. Major precipitation has been recorded at Kargil station in Ladakh as well as Rajouri and Poonch districts in Jammu division over the last one week. After zero rainfall in the first 50 days of this year, Kargil recorded 16.4 mm rainfall against the normal precipitation of 25 mm in the last 57 days of 2025. The precipitation deficit has reduced from above 70 per cent to 50 per cent in Rajouri and Poonch districts of Jammu division, reveals data accessed by the news agency—Kashmir News Observer (KNO). In the entire Jammu and Kashmir, the deficit rainfall has reduced to 69 per cent compared to 83 per cent last week. According to data, against the normal precipitation of 215.5mm, the region recorded a rainfall of 65.8 mm from January 01, 2025, to February 26, 225. However, other districts of Jammu and Kashmir despite witnessing a reduction in the precipitation deficiency continued to be categorised in the large deficiency list. The data reveals a deficiency of 60 to 84 per cent in other districts of Jammu and Kashmir including Srinagar, the summer capital of the Union Territory, having a deficiency of 74 per cent during the period. There is a forecast of more snow and rain for the next two days, which would likely reduce the rainfall deficit of this season. The weatherman has issued yellow and orange alerts for Jammu and Kashmir, predicting light to moderate rainfall till February 28. KNO reported that amid the declining trend in precipitation for the last three consecutive years, Kashmir Valley has recorded the worst-ever deficit rainfall in 2025 in the last eight years. Official data revealed that a deficiency of 70 per cent was recorded from December 2024 to February 2025—(KNO)

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