Rainfall

Charlie reports that the Aurogreen community has received 260.90 mm this year so far. This represents a deficit of 29.23% over the average for this period for the past 42 years. There was no rain at all in the first four months of the year, and little in May, which meant that the deficit for the first five months of the year was 93%. However there has been more rain than average in both July and August, although there is still a 35% deficit for the south west monsoon period that runs from June until the end of September.

Charlie cautions that there are big rainfall differences in Auroville during the south west monsoon, and some parts of the city may have received as much as 30% - 40% more rain during this south west monsoon than communities like his towards the east.