Cheers! Rainfall is above normal so far: Met Dept

New Delhi : Good rainfall has so far been recorded over southern peninsula, central India and east and northeast India this summer with over 13 per cent above the normal limit, the MET department on Monday said. The country as a whole has received 69.6 mm of rainfall overall as compared to normal limit of 61.4 mm from June 1 till date. After a good spell of rain across the country, the deficit decreased to minus 1 per cent in northwest India while the southern peninsula recorded normal rainfall and central India registered an 18 per cent of excess precipitation. The east and the northeast India continued to get excess rainfall of 22 per cent.