BENGALURU: With 4.2mm and 6.2mm rainfall recorded in the City and HAL areas on Friday, Bengaluru has seen the highest rainfall in the month of November since 1916.

Upto 8.30pm on Friday a total of 256.8mm rainfall has been received this month, marginally higher than the 252.2mm in 99 years ago (1916).

The unprecedented rains this month had already seen more rain than monsoon last week, and with the weatherman predicting more in the next three days, may take the new record beyond the 256.8mm.

“Even after the last recording happened, the rain had not stopped. By 8,30am tomorrow (on Saturday) we will know better,” a duty officer from the Meteorological department said, forecasting rains for the next three days.

After 2015 and 1916, 2010 recorded the highest rain at 145.3mm followed by 143.7mm in 2013. Even 2012 saw rainfall over 100mm at 125mm.

With rain recorded almost on all days so far, this November has also seen a five-fold increase in the number of rainy days. The average number of rainy days seen in November as per an analysis between the years 1971 and 2000 is 3.9 days.

The department has attributed this month’s rains to a well-marked low-pressure area over southwest Bay of Bengal, off Tamil Nadu coast.