Bengaluru breaks 133-year record for single day rainfall in June

Bengaluru received 111 mm rainfall on June 2, breaking the 133-year record for the highest ever rainfall in a single day in June, Met department officials said. 

N Puviarasan, a scientist at India Meteorological



Department (IMD), Bengaluru, confirmed to India news agency that June 2 witnessed the highest single day rainfall in June in 133 years. He also said the rainfall received on June 1 and June 2 alone 140.7 mm surpassed the monthly average for June.