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Agrometeorology :: Rainfall and Plant Growth

Soil Water RAINFALL AND ITS INFLUENCE ON CROP PRODUCTION Cropping system can be planned by understanding the rainfall pattern. Rainfall analysis helps in taking decisions on time of sowing, scheduling of irrigation, time of harvesting etc., Rain analysis is necessary for designing farm ponds, tanks of irrigation projects. Amount, distribution and intensity of rainfall are the important aspects of rainfall that have considerable influence on crop production. Click the Respective Zone for Annual Rainfall Mineral Nutrition Plant Growth Regulators Yield Improvement Tips

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S.No.

Name of the Zone

Districts

Annual Rainfall (mm)

North Eastern Zone Kancheepuram, Vellore, Villupuram, Cuddalore, Thiruvallur, Tiruvannamalai

1105

II

North western Zone Salem, Dharmapuri Namakkal

875

III

Western zone

Erode, Coimbtore, Karur (Part), Namakkal (Part), Dindigul (Part), Theni (Part)

715

IV

Cauvery Delta Zone Thanjavur, Nagapattinam, Thiruvarur, Thiruchirappalli, Perambalur, Pudukottai (Part), Cuddalore (Part)

985

Southern Zone

Madurai, Sivaganga, Ramanathapuram, Virudhunagar, Thootukudi, Tirunelveli

857

VI

High Rainfall Zone

Kanyakumari

1420

VII

Hilly Zone

Nilgiris (dindiugul part kodaikanal)

2124

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Distribution of Rainfall SEASON South West Monsoon North East Monsoon Winter Summer Annual (January-December) NORMAL IN (mm) 314.6 459.2 37.5 128.4 939.7

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