Government of Pakistan

Pakistan Meteorological Department

Pakistan’s Monthly Climate Summary

August, 2022

In brief
 National rainfall for the month of August 2022 was excessively (+243%) above average and stands
as record wettest August since 1961.
 August 2022 monthly rainfall alone exceeded the total normal monsoon seasonal rainfall by 37%.
 August 2022 rainfall was excessively above average over Balochistan (+590%) & Sindh (+726%) with
both ranked to have experienced wettest ever August, while, excessively above average over
Gilgit-Baltistan, GB (+233%) ranking 2nd wettest August during past 62 years.
 Monthly rainfall was above average over Punjab (+58%, ranked 10th) & Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, KP
(+52%, ranked 4th) and nearly average over Azad Jammu & Kashmir, AJK (-3%).
 The torrential rain caused massive devastating flash floods in Balochistan, Sindh, southwest Punjab
and KP inflicting over 1100 deaths & unbearable huge loss of crops and properties.
 The wettest day of the month in the country was 19th August, when Padidan (Sindh) recorded
355.0mm rainfall which also proved to be the wettest place with highest monthly total of 1228.5mm
and now stands the heaviest day rainfall & wettest ever month in Sindh.
 Number of rainy days were considerably higher than normal over the country, especially in Sindh
and Balochistan.
 The heavy rains contributed to ever recorded August rainfall total, both monthly (21 location) and
daily (13 locations) and for some sites over hundred years.
 The national mean monthly temperature of August 2022 for Pakistan as a whole was 28.66 °C, being
1.48°C cooler than monthly-average of 30.14 °C.
 Daytime (maximum) temperature at country-level was 33.53 °C, being 2.4 °C cooler than average
of 35.93 °C.
 The nighttime (minimum) temperature was 23.82 °C, being 0.50 °C cooler than country-average of
24.32 °C.
 The hottest day of the month was at Nokkundi (Balochistan) when it recorded 45.5 °C temperature
on 9th August 2022.
 Coldest temperature of 6.2 °C of the month was recorded at Kalam (KP) on 30th August 2022.
 The Indian Ocean Dipole (IOD) remained generally in neutral phase but inclining to negative
phase during the month.
 The La Niña conditions have been persisting through almost 3rd year, one of the rare phenomena
being described as Triple-dip La Niña and is likely to prevail through this summer.

National weather extremes during August 2022

Hottest day 45.5 °C at Nokkundi (Balochistan) on 9th.
Coldest day 14.5 °C at Bagrote (GB) on the 27th and Hunza (GB) on the 26th
Coldest night 6.2 °C at Kalam (KP) on the 30th
Warmest night 32.0 °C at Multan AP (Punjab) on 11th and Sibbi (Balochistan) on the 9th
Wettest day 355.0 mm at Padidan (Sindh) on the 19th
Wettest month 1228.5 mm at Padidan (Sindh)

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Synoptic Summary
The strong monsoon moist currents from the Arabian Sea started penetrating into southern
Sindh on 1st August which spread over upper and central parts of the country from 6th August
and moist currents from the Bay of Bengal too kept penetrating during the entire month.
Meanwhile, the seasonal/heat low, more deepened during 4-24 August, continued to prevail
over North/Northwest Balochistan, which resultantly pulled more moist currents towards
Balochistan and Sindh.
On 8th August, another monsoon low developed over Kutch, India and adjoining Northeast
Arabian Sea which subsequently strengthened into a depression on 12th. Having moved
northwestward, the depression first reduced to a well-marked low over North Arabian Sea
after two days and then into a low-pressure area on 15th August. Then a fresh low-pressure
area formed over the Bay of Bengal on 13th which also converted into a depression the next
day. Moving towards central India first and then to west Rajasthan, the depression reduced
to a well-marked low over west Rajasthan (India) and adjoining eastern Sindh the next day.
Meanwhile, another depression developed over the Bay of Bengal on 19th, intensified further
into a deep depression and moved westward towards central India which ultimately got
weakened into a well-marked low when reached east Rajasthan (India) and persisted for the
following two days. This low-pressure then moved over Sindh on 25th, persisted over central &
upper Sindh before merging with the Seasonal low over Northwest of Balochistan on 26th
August that produced very heavy (with some extremely heavy) rains over entire Sindh leading
to urban/flash flooding in Sindh’s most districts and northeast Balochistan.

RECORD BREAKING RAINFALL IN COUNTRY, ESPECIALLY IN SIND AND BALOCHISTAN

During August 2022, about four widespread rainy spells were experienced. The incessant
intense rains across large swaths of Sindh and Balochistan during 11-27 August proved to be
one of the most significant on record. Climatologically, the August is a fairly wet month of the
year but being 243% above than average rainfall, August 2022 happened to be an extremely
excessive-rain month with 192.7mm (area-weighted) rain against its normal of 56.2mm and
stood as the record wettest August since 1961. On average, the August rainfall contribution is
of the order of 40% and 19% to the monsoon (JAS) and annual rainfall respectively. It is
pertinent to mention that on regional scale, Sindh (442.8mm/+726%), Balochistan
(154.9mm/+590%) & GB (55.7mm/+233%) all witnessed extremely above average rain during
the month. For former two regions, August 2022 now ranks as the wettest ever month, while,
for GB it’s the 2nd wettest month (record is 89.1mm in 1997) during past 62 years. It was largely
above average over KP (163.9mm/+58%) & Punjab (141.7mm/+52%) too with ranking as the
4th wettest August for KP since 1961. The AJK with (146.1mm/-3%) was the only region having
near to normal rain.

During the month number of rainy days were considerably higher than normal over the
country, especially in Sindh and Balochistan. On average Sindh & Eastern-Balochistan have
experienced the 15 and 9 rainy days respectively against 2 normal rainy days in the month.
The wettest day of the month in the country was 19th August when Padidan (Sindh) recorded
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355.0mm, which also proved to be wettest ever place in the region with a total of 1228.5mm.
The heavy rains contributed to record August rainfall total (monthly and daily) in many
locations over hundred years. Single-day as well as monthly rainfall totals during the month
were very significant, when 13 PMD stations broke their 24-hours rainfall record and 21 stations
set a new monthly total rainfall record.

The unrelenting very heavy rainfall triggered widespread devastating flooding across Sindh,
South Punjab and Eastern Balochistan which resulted in significant human and livestock
casualties besides damaging the private homes and public infrastructure, especially in
Balochistan and Sindh provinces, as per report of Humanitarian Advisory Team of United
Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (UNOCHA). The National Disaster
Management Authority (NDMA) reported that some 33 million people in Pakistan were
affected, 1,191 people killed and 3,641 injured from 14 June to 31 August. Over 372,823
houses have been destroyed and a further 733,536 damaged since 14 June, more than
731,818 livestock heavily impacted beside millions of acres of crops and orchards had also
been impacted.

August 2022 Rainfall maps

Total Departure

Rainfall

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The other significant monthly-total rains recorded at Moen Jo Daro 779.5mm, Larkana
738.3mm, Sakrand 617mm, Khairpur 606.3mm, Tando Jam 598.0mm, Chhor 503.9mm,
Jacobabad 493mm, Sh.Benazirabad 488.2mm, Rohri 371.4mm, Murree 402.5mm, Sukkur
379.0mm, Dir 361mm, Kalat 361mm, Dadu 337mm, Barkhan 312mm, Badin 307.5mm, Mirpur
Khas 304mm, Kakul 297mm, Muzaffarabad Airport 289.3mm, Bhakkar 284.2mm, Garhi Dupatta
278.3mm, Lower Dir 278mm, Mithi 275mm, Muzaffarabad City 272.9mm, Kalam 268.1mm And
Malamjabba 256mm. The Jiwani and Nokkundi were the only two stations which remained
dry with no rain at all during the month.

August, 2022 Area-Weighted Rainfall

Rank Normal Average Departure
Comment
(of 62) (mm) (mm) (percent)
Pakistan 62 56.2 192.7 243 1st highest (previous record 116.7 mm in 2020)
Azad Jammu & Kashmir 34 150.7 146.1 -3 29th highest (record 308.2 mm in 1997)
Balochistan 62 22.4 154.9 590 1st highest (previous record 83.3 mm in 2020)
Gilgit Baltistan 61 16.7 55.7 233 2nd highest (record 89.1 mm in 1997)
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa 59 103.6 163.9 58 4th highest (record 225.4 mm in 2010)
Punjab 53 93.3 141.7 52 10th highest (record 282.6 mm in 1973)
Sindh 62 53.6 442.8 726 1st highest (previous record 247.9 mm in 2020)
[RANK RANGES FROM 1 (LOWEST) TO 62 (HIGHEST)]

Temperatures: Cooler than Normal temperatures observed over the country.

The national mean monthly temperature of Aug 2022 for Pakistan as a whole was 28.66 °C,
being 1.48 °C cooler than average of 30.14 °C. Similarly on regional scale, AJK recorded
24.83 °C, Balochistan 28.69 °C, GB 23.83 °C, KP 26.54 °C, Punjab 30.74 °C and Sindh 29.77 °C.
The mean temperature anomalies; AJK (-0.28 °C), Balochistan (-1.94 °C), GB (-2.16 °C),
Punjab, (-0.80 °C), KP (-1.87°C) and Sindh (-1.31 °C) all recorded cooler than average
temperatures owing mainly to persistently cloudy & rainy weather. The extent of the cooling
can be gauged from the fact that 14 PMD stations, mostly located in Sindh and Eastern-
Balochistan, broke their lowest recorded day temperatures.

August 2022 mean maximum (daytime) temperature of 33.53 °C was recorded at country-
level being 2.4 °C cooler than average of 35.93°C. The average night (minimum)
temperature of 23.82 °C, being 0.50 °C cooler than country-average of 24.32 °C, during the
month. The mean temperature anomalies of August 2022 range between +2.0 to -4.5 °C in
the country. The Mean Maximum temperature anomalies were +2.0 to -5.5 °C in the country.
The maximum temperature anomalies over AJK and upper Punjab were considerably higher.
The hottest day of the month was at Nokkundi (Balochistan) when it recorded 45.5 °C
temperature on 9th August. The coldest temperature of 6.2 °C of the month was recorded at
Kalam (KP) on 30th August

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August 2022 Temperature maps
Mean Anomaly

Maximum
Temperature

Minimum
Temperature

Mean
Temperature

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New weather Record Set in August 2022

Dates in parenthesis are number of occurrence.

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 August 2022 Monthly Averages & Normals
Pressure (mb) Temperature (°C) Vapour (mb) Precipitation
Station
Station Level Sea Level Mean Maximum Minimum Pressure Total (mm) Days
847.5 1437.4 25.1 31.4 18.7 17.0 142.3 13
Drosh
845.9 1420.8 29.0 35.9 22.3 15.8 20.0 4.7
965.4 1001.5 30.0 35.6 24.5 31.8 56.2 6
Peshawar
958.9 997.9 30.8 36.0 25.7 29.2 72.6 7.7
824.1 1458.4 20.4 26.9 13.8 15.9 166.1 12
Parachinar
822.4 1437.8 23.0 28.8 17.2 18.4 97.4 12.5
Rawalpindi
946.4 1001.7 29.3 33.5 25.1 25.8 143.1 9
944.0 999.2 27.9 33.4 23.6 28.5 348.1 16.7
980.0 1000.2 32.0 36.7 27.2 33.8 98.1 6
Sargodha
978.6 999.3 31.6 36.5 26.6 31.4 131.7 8.9
974.3 1000.0 31.2 35.9 26.5 34.2 96.0 6
Jhelum
973.8 999.0 29.9 34.4 25.3 31.1 251.6 14.8
972.8 1000.9 30.0 33.9 26.1 33.5 158.2 10
Sialkot
971.6 999.6 29.0 33.2 24.8 31.8 323.5 14.2
853.0 1435.5 25.1 30.4 19.8 20.3 161.0 9
Zhob
850.5 1410.3 28.9 35.4 22.4 17.7 49.7 3.7
981.1 1000.1 31.2 35.7 26.7 34.0 223.0 10
D.I.Khan
979.4 997.4 31.6 37.3 26.0 31.3 61.7 5.6
Lahore
977.4 1001.0 30.9 34.7 27.1 33.2 240.9 10
975.5 999.1 30.7 34.9 26.5 31.5 194.5 12.7
836.3 1446.9 25.4 30.5 20.2 15.0 208.0 11
Quetta
834.3 1423.2 26.6 35.0 18.3 12.5 13.2 1.5
986.4 1000.1 31.7 35.6 27.7 32.6 94.4 5
Multan
984.6 998.3 32.4 37.6 27.9 30.8 36.4 3.5
883.0 1430.8 26.1 30.4 21.8 23.7 312.0 15
Barkhan
882.8 1428.6 28.9 34.5 23.2 22.2 87.7 4.8
922.9 994.5 34.0 40.6 27.4 6.4 0.0 0
Nokkundi
923.7 995.1 33.5 41.7 26.7 11.7 0.4 0.1
906.7 1421.9 32.8 39.6 26.0 13.1 33.0 1
Dalbandin
907.0 1433.4 32.4 40.8 22.4 9.3 0.3 0.1
Jacobabad
992.8 999.1 30.3 34.6 25.9 33.6 493.0 14
991.8 997.9 33.0 37.8 28.2 32.2 35.4 1.3
989.3 999.1 31.3 35.3 27.2 35.0 189.8 11
Khanpur
988.3 998.2 32.0 38.1 25.9 30.4 17.4 1.8
894.0 1426.8 30.0 36.2 23.8 13.5 69.0 4
Panjgur
895.9 1437.3 30.7 38.1 23.4 10.1 7.4 0.5
869.6 1430.6 25.7 32.1 19.4 10.5 227.1 8
Khuzdar
868.5 1411.7 30.4 35.7 22.9 9.0 57.4 3.4
994.4 997.7 30.8 35.0 26.5 33.8 448.2 15
Sh,B,abad
995.1 998.9 32.3 38.6 26.0 31.8 46.3 1.6
994.0 1000.3 28.4 32.5 24.3 31.3 0.0 0
Jiwani
994.5 1000.8 28.3 31.0 25.6 29.2 2.1 0.5
999.0 999.5 29.2 32.9 25.4 33.4 5.0 1
Pasni
1000.0 1000.8 28.2 32.2 25.9 30.1 11.5 0.2
994.9 999.7 29.5 32.7 26.3 33.4 243.0 13
Hyderabad
995.6 999.6 31.3 36.0 26.6 29.1 63.1 2.4
998.8 999.5 29.4 33.2 25.6 34.2 503.9 16
Chhor
999.1 992.1 30.0 34.7 25.4 30.2 69.3 3.2
997.8 1000.5 29.6 32.1 27.1 34.4 127.9 12
Karachi
998.6 1001.2 29.0 31.9 26.2 29.8 60.1 2.8
Note: The first row against each station contains the actual values while second row for normal values

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 August 2022 extreme values
Mean Temperature (°C) Temperature (°C) Highest (mm & knots)
STATION
Highest Date Lowest Date Highest Date Lowest Date Rain Date Wind Speed Date
Drosh 40.4 13 13.2 29 40.4 13 13.2 29 42.8 26 14 6*
Peshawar 39.4 13 21.0 27 39.4 13 21.0 27 25.0 18 4 2*
Parachinar 30.5 11 11.5 5* 30.5 11 11.5 5* 35.0 27 6 4*
Rawalpindi 36.3 10 22.8 15* 36.3 10 22.8 15* 59.0 15 17 9
Sargodha 40.4 10 23.8 12 40.4 10 23.8 12 42.0 12 8 15
Jhelum 39.0 10* 23.6 1 39.0 10* 23.6 1 47.0 24 8 24*
Sialkot 36.5 10 23.4 16 36.5 10 23.4 16 47.0 15 10 11
Zhob 36.0 7 14.5 22* 36.0 7 14.5 22* 39.0 27 13 4
D.I.Khan 40.2 11 24.0 18* 40.2 11 24.0 18* 67.6 25 6 11
Lahore 37.5 10 24.0 29 37.5 10 24.0 29 71.0 29 10 11
Quetta 37.0 8 14.5 29 37.0 8 14.5 29 86.0 26 30 12
Multan 39.2 10 25.4 26 39.2 10 25.4 26 32.2 26 20 15
Barkhan 34.5 5* 18.0 30 34.5 5* 18.0 30 110.0 14 6 5*
Nokkundi 45.5 9 22.0 23 45.5 9 22.0 23 0.0 0 22 11
Dalbandin 44.5 9 21.0 21* 44.5 9 21.0 21* 15.0 20 18 14
Jacobabad 41.0 5* 23.0 25* 41.0 5* 23.0 25* 110.0 25 26 9
Khanpur 39.5 11 24.7 21 39.5 11 24.7 21 56.2 14 8 3*
Panjgur 41.0 9 20.0 29 41.0 9 20.0 29 38.0 17 18 24
Khuzdar 35.5 4* 16.0 26 35.5 4* 16.0 26 87.1 25 6 3*
Sh,B.abad 40.0 1 24.5 25 40.0 1 24.5 25 123.0 25 16 17*
Jiwani 35.0 10* 22.5 23* 35.0 10* 22.5 23* 0.0 0 14 17
Pasni 35.5 10 25.0 1* 35.5 10 25.0 11* 5.0 14 14 24
Hyderabad 36.7 10 24.6 25 36.7 10 24.6 25 56.0 24 16 19*
Chhor 40.0 10 23.8 19 40.0 10 23.8 19 130.9 18 14 10*
Karachi 36.5 9 25.5 14 36.5 9 25.5 14 35.5 11 14 12
* means value occurred multiple times

Note
Monthly Climate Summary is produced by Pakistan Meteorological Department, Climate Data Processing Centre, Karachi to
provide the main features of weather events occurred in the country during the month. The summary contains detailed data
information of 25 climate stations of Pakistan. The extremes & analysis is based on 110 numbers of stations. The information in
the summary is based on real time data and/or electronic reports, therefore, the above results can be considered only
preliminary. Climate Summaries are usually published in the first week of each month. Long term average for rainfall is for 1961-
2010 (50 years) while normal period for temperature is 1961-1990 (30 years).

Contact
Director, Climate Data Processing Centre, Pakistan Meteorological Department
Meteorological Complex, Gulistan E Jouhar, Block #5, Karachi-75290
Webpage: http://www.pmd.gov.pk/cdpc/home.htm; Email: info.cdpc@pmd.gov.pk

Published on 4th September, 2022