Precipitation Declines by 39%, Water Inflow to Dams Down 44%

Iran registered 32.6 millimeters of precipitation from the beginning of the current water year (Sept. 23) until Dec. 3, which shows a 39% decline compared with the same period of last year when the figure was 53.1 mm, according to data provided by the Energy Ministry.
Northern provinces had the highest volume of rainfall during the period, with Gilan, Mazandaran and Golestan having 249.9 mm, 243.8 mm and 100.6 mm of precipitation, respectively.
This is while central and southern provinces recorded very low rainfall. Semnan with 5.9 mm, Sistan-Baluchestan with 6 mm and Khorasan Razavi with 7.5 mm registered the lowest volume of precipitation.