KisanSamachar™Trusted news, every farmer
English
Alert

Heavy rain forecast for Prakasam (Andhra Pradesh)

Prakasam is forecast to get 148.5 mm of rain over the next 3 days, up to 81 mm in one day — heavy rain on the IMD scale. Keep harvested crop covered on high ground, keep field drains open and put off spraying.

Key numbers

3-day total
148.5 mm
Most in one day
81 mm
Class
heavy
Temperature
24–30°C
Photo: Abhi · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Representative image

Prakasam: Neighbouring districts of Andhra Pradesh are also in for rain: Guntur (380.8 mm), Bapatla (293.6 mm), Palnadu (279.5 mm) and NTR (253.2 mm).

What to do: keep harvested crop under tarpaulin on high ground; keep field drains open so water does not stand; put off spraying pesticide and fertiliser until the rain stops; do not tether animals in the open.

On the IMD scale, more than 64.5 mm in a day is "heavy", more than 115.6 mm "very heavy" and more than 204.5 mm "extremely heavy". The forecast of up to 81 mm on one day in Prakasam is heavy.

Prakasam: next 7 days

Today2 Nov
81 mm
100%
29° 24°
Tue3 Nov
53 mm
100%
30° 24°
Wed4 Nov
15 mm
86%
30° 24°
Thu5 Nov
2.6 mm
82%
30° 24°
Fri6 Nov
5.7 mm
82%
31° 24°
Sat7 Nov
3.6 mm
86%
30° 24°
Sun8 Nov
3.0 mm
55%
30° 23°

Spray window

Wed 6 am – 10 am
4 hours calm and dry

Rule: wind < 15 km/h, below 32°, dry for 3 hours

Irrigation need (7 days)

0 mm
Rain 163.4 mm · crop demand (ET₀) 21 mm

1 mm = 1 litre per m² = 4,047 litres per acre

Alerts

  • Heavy rain · 2 Nov

Prakasam · Forecast: Open-Meteo (CC BY 4.0) · updated 2 Nov, 4:21 pm

Every district in the state

District3-day rainMaxMinField work
Guntur380.8 mm28°23°Heavy rain — pause harvest
Bapatla293.6 mm28°24°Heavy rain — pause harvest
Palnadu279.5 mm30°24°Heavy rain — pause harvest
NTR253.2 mm29°23°Heavy rain — pause harvest
Krishna151.9 mm28°24°Heavy rain — pause harvest
Prakasam148.5 mm30°24°Heavy rain — pause harvest
Eluru100.1 mm29°23°Rain — hold off spraying
West Godavari76 mm28°22°Rain — hold off spraying
Nellore74.2 mm32°23°Rain — hold off spraying
Visakhapatnam65.4 mm30°24°Rain — hold off spraying
Anakapalli64.8 mm30°23°Rain — hold off spraying
Srikakulam64.6 mm30°23°Rain — hold off spraying
See the other 16 districts
Markapuram54 mm30°23°Rain — hold off spraying
Vizianagaram50.9 mm30°23°Rain — hold off spraying
Dr. B.R. Ambedkar Konaseema47.1 mm29°24°Rain — hold off spraying
Alluri Sitharama Raju38.6 mm25°18°Rain — hold off spraying
Parvathipuram Manyam37 mm29°22°Rain — hold off spraying
Kakinada36.6 mm29°24°Rain — hold off spraying
Chittoor36.4 mm30°23°Rain — hold off spraying
East Godavari35.8 mm29°23°Rain — hold off spraying
Polavaram34 mm28°23°Rain — hold off spraying
Tirupati32.8 mm32°23°Rain — hold off spraying
Sri Sathya Sai16.4 mm31°22°Rain — hold off spraying
Annamayya15.8 mm30°20°Rain — hold off spraying
YSR Kadapa11.2 mm33°24°Light rain — plan around it
Ananthapuramu7 mm32°23°Light rain — plan around it
Kurnool3 mm32°24°Light rain — plan around it
Nandyal2 mm32°25°Good for field work

3-day forecast, Open-Meteo (CC BY 4.0).

This story was written automatically from Open-Meteo's official/open data. Every number in it comes from that data — nothing is estimated. Spot a mistake? Write to kisansamacharofficial@gmail.com.

More from the weather desk

More of today’s news

All stories →