Lightning, Rains Claim 104 Lives In AP During 2025
Cool summer, above normal rains, chilled winter mark the year: Reports
VISAKHAPATNAM: Lightning took 86 lives and floods 18 in the year 2025, while the state generally witnessed a cool summer, above normal rains and is going through a chilled winter.
Andhra Pradesh had experienced an unusually pleasant summer this year, thanks to regular and heavy rainfall in parts of the state. Between May 1 and May 3, the state received 46.4 mm of rainfall, exceeding the normal rainfall of 37.6 mm.
The maximum temperatures in the coastal region dropped below 40 degrees Celsius, while temperatures in Rayalaseema region too dipped by 1–2 degrees Celsius due to rainfall activity.
According to the (IMD), neither Rayalaseema nor coastal Andhra Pradesh recorded heat wave days in the summer. Although temperatures reached 42–44 degrees Celsius in some areas, they caused no heat wave. The IMD has forecast above-normal maximum and minimum temperatures and normal to above-normal rainfall for Andhra Pradesh in May.
The southwest monsoon, which set in over AP seven days in advance, concluded with around two per cent additional rainfall than the normal average.
Three districts (Kurnool, Nandyal, and Annamayya) in Rayalaseema region and two districts (Anakapalli and Guntur) in coastal Andhra Pradesh experienced excess rainfall while two districts – Kakinada and Dr. B.R. Ambedkar Konaseema, apart from Yanam of Puducherry, experienced deficit rainfall. The remaining districts in the state experience normal rainfall.
Andhra Pradesh received 530.9 mm of rainfall between June 1 and September 30, which is around two per cent excess than its normal share of 521.6 mm during the period. The rainfall continued till October 15, after which it withdrew. The northeast monsoon did not yield much rain.
People in 2025 experienced the coldest winter in many years. The temperature dropped in agency areas of ASR, with many mandals recording as low as 3 degrees Celsius.
Weather experts said after many years, people are experiencing fog all over the state. Normally foggy conditions prevail in high altitudes of ASR and Parvathipuram Manyam districts from October to January end.
Prof Sunitha, head of Oceanography and Meteorology department, Andhra University, attributed the foggy conditions and chill weather to La Niña, which will persist through December, January and February.
“Normally, these conditions occur in the month of January. But this year, we are witnessing such conditions in December itself. We may see a severe drop in temperatures in January and more fog,” Prof. Sunitha indicated.
