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Is there enough water for the winter crop?
India's major reservoirs held 69% of their live capacity on 15 Oct 2026, against 91% a year earlier and a normal of 82%: storage was 16.4% below normal.
Written for readers following the farm economy. Data checked on 26 Oct 2026.
How does storage compare with normal?
That is the lowest reading against normal in the 163 weekly bulletins we hold, which begin in Jan 2023; each week's normal is for the reservoirs CWC monitored that week.
Live storage against normal and against a year earlier
%, each week.
How to read it. Below zero, the reservoirs hold less than usual for the time of year. The normal is the average of the past ten years for the same week.
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Which regions are short?
Southern India was furthest behind, 42.9% below normal; 2 of 5 regions were more than 10% below.
Reservoir storage by region, 15 Oct 2026
% above or below normal and a year earlier, from each region's subtotal in the bulletin.
How to read it. Southern reservoirs also fill from the north-east monsoon (October to December), so they can recover late in the year.
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How much has it rained?
Since 1 Oct 2026, 530 of 741 districts have had deficient rain or none, against 140 with more than normal (IMD, to 25 Oct 2026).
| Since 1 Oct 2026 | Districts | Meteorological subdivisions |
|---|---|---|
| Large excess | 85 | 2 |
| Excess | 55 | 3 |
| Normal | 64 | 9 |
| Deficient | 111 | 6 |
| Large deficient | 336 | 21 |
| No rain | 83 | 0 |
| No data | 7 | 0 |
| All | 741 | 41 |
IMD's categories: large excess is 60% or more above normal, excess 20 to 59%, normal within 19% either way, deficient 20 to 59% below and large deficient 60% or more below. IMD keeps no archive of these district tables; Tipsheet began capturing them on 24 Oct 2026, so there is no history before that date. Source: India Meteorological Department, district-wise rainfall.
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