Archive · 25 Jul 2025
Darjeeling's Dry July: Rainfall Deficit Impacts Weather and Tea
Darjeeling is experiencing unusually dry weather this July, with much less rain than usual.
This has led to fewer foggy days and a missing 'sunshine holiday' tradition in two local schools.
Weather experts attribute the lack of rain to shifts in the monsoon trough.
This change is also affecting the local tea industry, pushing back the harvest season and impacting tea production.
Darjeeling produced significantly less tea in 2024 than in previous decades.
Darjeeling recorded a 51% rainfall deficit in July.
The monsoon trough's shift is blamed for reduced rainfall.
Sunshine holidays, a tradition at two Darjeeling schools, are rare this year.
Unprecedented dry weather affects Darjeeling's tea industry.
Tea production in Darjeeling has declined significantly in 2024.
- Who
- The India Meteorological Department (IMD), weather experts, tea producers, and residents of Darjeeling.
- What
- Darjeeling has recorded a significant rainfall deficit, affecting local weather and industries.
- When
- July 2024
- Where
- Darjeeling, India
- Why
- Shift in the monsoon trough caused the dry weather and decline in the tea production.
- Rainfall Deficit
- 51% in July
- Normal Rainfall (July)
- 687.1mm (first 23 days)
- Actual Rainfall (July)
- 335.8mm (first 23 days)
- Maximum Temperature (Thursday)
- 25 degrees Celsius
- Yearly Tea Production (2024)
- 5.6 million kg
- Highest-Ever Production
- 14 million kg (70s & 80s)