Heavy rainfall broke 62-year record in Sindh, Balochistan

The Pakistan Meteorological Department (PMD) on Wednesday said that the country saw the wettest July this year with 181 per cent above average rainfall, breaking the record of 62 years.

Lashed by 177.6mm of rain against its normal of 63.1mm, the country has not witnessed such an overwhelming deluge of downpour since 1961, said the Met Office's monthly climate summary.

It said that July’s monthly rainfall exceeded the total normal monsoon seasonal rainfall by 26 per cent.

Balochistan received over 450 per cent, Sindh over 308 per cent, Punjab over 116 per cent , Gilgit-Baltistan over 32 per cent and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (K-P) received over 30 per cent more showers than average rainfall in the month.

The torrential rains caused massive flash floods in Balochistan, Sindh and southwest Punjab, inflicting huge loss of human lives and properties.

Similarly, the country's wettest day was July 25 with Badin (Sindh) recording 219.0mm rainfall, whereas the wettest place with highest monthly total of 606 mm at PAF Masroor, Karachi.

The rains also broke the heat as the mercury hovered around 29.93 °C, which is 1.34°C cooler than monthly-average of 31.27 °C.

Daytime maximum temperature at the country-level was 35.07 °C, being 2.15 °C cooler than average of 37.23 °C.
The temperature on average was 24.83 °C in the country, which is 0.47 °C cooler than country-average of 25.30 °C.