Overview
- The state recorded just 0.1 mm of precipitation in December against a normal 38.1 mm, a roughly 99% deficit confirmed by IMD.
- Eleven districts registered no December rainfall and Lahaul-Spiti logged 0.6 mm with a 99% deficit, with only three days seeing isolated precipitation.
- Post-monsoon rainfall from October to December totaled 69.7 mm versus a normal 82.9 mm, a 16% shortfall that ranks as the 58th lowest since 1901.
- Late-2025 variability was extreme, with October at 173% excess rainfall followed by deficits of 95% in November and 99% in December.
- Farmers, particularly apple growers, voiced concern that the lack of snow reduces chilling hours and the orchard benefits of 'white manure,' even as brief light snowfall and rain gave limited relief in higher reaches.