visakhapatnam the rain deficit graph has shot up from 6 per cent in july to 17 per cent by august 10 in andhra pradesh after receiving good rains for about five days in the last week of july the state witnessed rainfall activity scaling down from july 28the heavy rains in many parts of ap last week bridged the rainfall deficit for the entire state the cumulative rainfall in the first phase june and july of southwest monsoon season reached 210 7 mm which is 6 per ent lower than the normal of 2252 mmdenizens in most parts of the state have been experiencing discomfort from the last ten days due to the rise in temperature high humidity and reduced rainfall activitydirector of imdamaravati stella s said that the cumulative rainfall for the entire state from june 1 to august 11 was 2269 mm which is 17 per cent lower than the normal of 2747 mmoverall the meteorological subdivision of coastal ap 18 districts and yanam logged a deficit of 13 per cent with 2863 mm rainfall against the normal of 3281 mm the rayalaseema subdivision 8 districts recorded a deficit of 21 per cent with 158 mm rainfall against the normal 199 mm the imd director addedall the eight districts of rayalaseema subdivision are still dry this monsoon as of now tirupati recorded the highest deficit rainfall of 49 per cent in ap followed by 33 per cent deficit rainfall each in east godavari and palnadu districts 32 per cent deficit in west godavari 28 percent deficit in annamayya district and 26 per cent deficit each in prakasam and nellore districtskrishna district recorded a large excess rainfall of 41 per cent followed by 19 per cent in visakhapatnam district 13 per cent in guntur district and 11 per cent in alluri sitarama raju districtthe imd predicted that rainfall in the second half of the southwest monsoon season augustseptember 2023 is very likely to be below normal over apwe have been experiencing summerlike weather conditions for the past one week the month of august seems to be hottest during the monsoon as many people are using acs in the early morning hours in vizag city said d sudhakar a resident of mvp colony the farmers in most parts of the state are waiting for one more good spell of rains for growth and good yield of their kharif crops