11.3 Relative Humidity (%) over the state

mm) and Chinna Chintha Kunta, Mahabubnagar district (503.5 mm). v The state monthly rainfall for the months of June, July and August show no signi icant trend while

September show slight upward trend 3.8 mm/yr. Both Southwest monsoon season and Annual (June to May) rainfall shows slight increasing trend of 9.0 mm/yr and 8.0 mm/yr respectively.

Similarly Northeast monsoon season has not shown any signi icant trend. v Most of the District rainfall during the Southwest monsoon season has not shown any signi icant trend. However, few districts namely Karimnagar, Rajanna Sircilla, Siddipet, Warangal Urban,

Jayashankar, Mulugu, Suryapet, Wanaparthy and Narayanpet showing slight increasing rainfall trends in last 16 years. v District rainfall variation based on last 30 years shows, signi icant decreasing trend in Annual rainfall was observed for districts Nirmal. Mancherial, Kamareddy, Rajanna Sircilla and Suryapet.

Similarly signi icant increasing trend was observed over Hyderabad, Warangal Urban, Bhadradri

Kothagudem, Jogulamba Gadwal and Wanaparthy. The same trend was observed during Southwest monsoon season. v Extreme northern and east districts of the state (Adilabad, Kumuram Bheem, Nirmal, Mancherial,

Mulugu) records more number of Annual rainy days as compare extreme southern (Mahabubnagar,

Wanaparthy, Jogulamba Gadwal, Nagarkurnool, Nalgonda) across all timescale. The highest Annual

Rainy days are observed from extreme eastern districts with highest over Bhadradri Kothagudem (80 days) and Mulugu (74 days) followed by Kumuram Bheem (72 days) and lowest over southern districts Jogulamba Gadwal (47 days) followed by Wanaparthy (49 days) and Hyderabad (51 days).

Mandal wise highest over Venkatapuram and Wazeed, Mulugu (66 days) and minimum Nampalle,

Nalgonda (30 days). v During the Southwest monsoon season, similar trend of Annual was observed with highest over

Bhadradri Kothagudem (62 days) followed by Mulugu (60 days), Kumuram Bheem (58 days) and lowest over Jogulamba Gadwal (35 days) followed by Wanaparthy (37 days) and Hyderabad (38 days). Mandal wise highest over Wazeed (54 days), Mulugu followed by Chintalamanepally (53),

Kumuram Bheem and minimum Nampalle (20 days) and Marriguda (21 days), Nalgonda district. v The northern and eastern districts shown less number of dry days compare to southern districts of the state. The Annual average dry days for northern (southern) region of the Telangana is in the range of 232 to 250 (260 to 279) days and for Southwest monsoon season from 30 to 42 (49 to 59) days. v The Annual highest dry days are observed from extreme southwestern districts with highest over Jogulamba Gadwal and Hyderabad (278 days) followed by Wanaparthy (275) and lowest over districts Bhadradri Kothagudem (233), Vikarabad (244 days) and Khammam (246). Similar trend was observed Southwest monsoon season with highest over Jogulamba Gadwal (59 days) followed by Wanaparthy (57 days), Medchal-Malkajgiri (56 days) and lowest over Bhadradri

Kothagudem(30), Adilabad, Kumuram Bheem, Mancherial (35) and Khammam 37 days. v Year wise average number of dry spells during the southwest monsoon season from years 2004 to 2020 shows there is a gradual decreasing trend in dry spells from 2004 to 2020 with lowest (0) in year 2020. The highest number of dry spells of 16 is observed in Adilabad followed by 15