Monsoon rains in Karachi have broken all prior records. For the first time in history, the provincial capital is expected to receive 1,000 mm of rain.
The South Karachi area in the provincial capital received the greatest rainfall in the region, with 800 mm, according to Pak Weather, the country’s largest private automated weather station network and weather source.
Considering the rainfall in South Karachi, as well as the Pakistan Meteorological Department’s (PMD) warning of more torrential rains in Karachi in September, the province capital is on track to reach 1,000 mm.
Furthermore, during monsoon season, Karachi’s Jinnah International Airport has received more than 500 mm of rain, breaking a 55-year-old record. Karachi Airport had not seen this much precipitation since 1967.
The monsoon rains of this year have caused havoc in Sindh, Balochistan, South Punjab, and other parts of the country. Rainfall has killed hundreds of people, caused billions of rupees in property damage, inundated key roadways, and choked drainage systems.
Senator Sherry Rehman, the Federal Minister for Climate Change, stated last month that monsoon rainfall in Sindh and Balochistan for the month of July shattered 30-year-old records.
Overall, monsoon rainfall in Pakistan have shattered 61-year-old records for the month of July. In July, the annual national rainfall average is 63.1 mm. The country did, however, get 177.6 mm of rain, making it the wettest July since 1961.
In July, Pakistan experienced 181% more rain than usual. A province-by-province examination of last month’s data revealed that Balochistan received 450% more rain than average, Sindh 308%, Punjab 116%, Gilgit Baltistan (32%), and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (30%).
