RAINFALL (IN mm) DATA - BATTICALOA.
Serial No.	Months	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008
1	January	388.5	381.8	349.5	198.3	384.9	153.6	163.5	267.6	170.1	296.4
2	February	171.4	213.6	145.4	191.5	180.0	130.7	29.6	162.3	157.5	256.6
3	March	-	152.9	-	8.5	89.3	80.8	50.3	27.3	16.9	419.5
4	April	114.1	2.5	62.2	82.6	17.8	30.2	96.5	10.7	233.3	70.5
5	May	41.9	32.0	29.6	115.7	31.0	88.3	13.8	24.3	11.4	2.1
6	June	6.6	93.4	90.6	5.6	87.5	15.5	-	1.7	67.7	93.6
7	July	25.7	-	100.7	29.7	39.3	6.6	9.1	0.1	101.3	5.3
8	August	2.8	15.8	-	2.2	31.8	2.3	38.2	18.3	104.4	22.9
9	September	73.5	104.7	16.1	2.0	80.0	328.6	74.8	15.8	16.2	56.1
10	October	201.0	57.9	158.1	81.5	111.6	387.4	135.5	183.0	124.7	120.6
11	November	463.6	544.6	253.2	380.7	722.2	444.5	408.7	281.1	79.5	339.6
12	December	501.2	422.2	430.9	774.5	83.1	926.2	203.2	314.1	487.2	304.1
Total		1,990.3	2,021.4	1,636.3	1,872.8	1,858.5	2,594.7	1,223.2	1,306.3	1,570.2	1,987.3
No. of Rain days		104	121	90	90	103	114	99	88	96	112
Source: Meteorology Department