This monsoon has had the highest amount of rainfall seen till July 25 in the last decade. The state has received around 534.40mm, about 17mm more than in 2013, which had seen the most rainfall till July 25, in the last decade.

This July saw the most rainfall for any July in the last decade. The state has received 408mm in July (till July 25) the most rainfall received in July in the last decade. The average rainfall for Ahmedabad in July is 299mm. In the 25 days of July 2017 so far, Ahmedabad has received 397mm of rain.

The data further reveals that the apart from 2013 — when the state received 517.69 mm of rain till this point—the state did not more than 400mm of rain till July 25 in the last decade. Officials said that with August and September months still to come, four districts — Banaskantha, Morbi, Surendranagar and Patan — have received more than 100% of their annual rainfall figures. Eight districts have received more than 70% rains of their average annual rainfall.

There are 33 districts in the state.

Officials said that of state's 250 talukas, 35 have received more than 100% of their average seasonal rainfall. Dantiwada has had the highest rainfall in percentage terms. Dantiwada taluka in Banaskantha has received 1,359mm of rain, against its seasonal average rainfall of 578mm.

Officials said of the 250 talukas, 18 taluka have received more than 1,000mm of rain and 98 have received between 501 and 1,000 mm.

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