Incessant rain in Anantapur and Sri Sathya Sai districts has caused some temporary inconvenience for the travelling public at a few places besides damaging a couple of houses and a poultry shed in Narpala mandal of Anantapur district, but the four days of downpour is going to be beneficial for groundnut farmers.
Anantapur district recorded 121% excess rainfall in August (161.7 mm against a normal of 72.9 mm), while Sri Sathya Sai district recorded 176.7% excess rainfall (233 mm against a normal of 84.2 mm) during that time. However, the neighbouring Kurnool and Nandyal districts recorded -8% (107.1 mm against 116 mm) and -20% (122.3 mm against 152.29 mm of normal) rainfall respectively going by the figures provided by the Revenue Department.
So far in this monsoon season for the water year 2022-23, Anantapur recorded an excess rainfall of 54%, Kurnool district a deficit of -22%, Nandyal district a deficit of -20% and Sri Sathya Sai district an excess of 81.1%.
