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Vidarbha orange beltYavatmal district: rain, crops and how green the fields are.
Yavatmal district gets about 1086 mm of rain in an average year, 958 mm of it from June to September. Cotton, mostly rainfed, covered the largest area in 2018, followed by soybean. Its cropland was greenest in Sep 2026 and barest in Jun 2026 in the Sentinel-2 record of the past year.
Facts, with their sources
Each fact names the public document it comes from and the year of its data. Where two official sources disagree, both are shown.
- The official normal rainfall varies from about 850 to 1150 mm, rising from north-west to south-east and highest around Pandharkawada (Kelapur).Source: Central Ground Water Board, Aquifer Maps and Ground Water Management Plan, Yavatmal District · Date: 2022
- Principal crops in 2018: cotton 476,916 hectares, soybean 267,345 and wheat 45,633. Cotton is the most important rainfed crop.Source: Central Ground Water Board, Yavatmal District report (areas given in sq km) · Date: 2022 (crop year 2018)
Rain in Yavatmal in an average year
Yavatmal gets about 1086 mm of rain in an average year, 958 mm of it from June to September.
For comparison, the official normal in the Central Ground Water Board's report is 850 to 1150 mm a year. Source: Central Ground Water Board, Aquifer Maps and Ground Water Management Plan, Yavatmal District · 2022
Source: CHIRPS v2.0 rainfall (Climate Hazards Center, UC Santa Barbara; Funk et al. 2015), averaged over the area by VarshaKrishi. It is a satellite-and-rain-gauge estimate, so it differs from official normals, which use other years and stations.
How green Yavatmal's fields were, October 2025 to September 2026
Yavatmal's cropland was greenest in Sep 2026 (NDVI 0.71) and barest in Jun 2026 (NDVI 0.13).
The monthly numbers
| Month | Greenness (NDVI) | Clear dates |
|---|---|---|
| Oct 2025 | 0.69 | 5 |
| Nov 2025 | 0.67 | 5 |
| Dec 2025 | 0.57 | 5 |
| Jan 2026 | 0.45 | 5 |
| Feb 2026 | 0.39 | 5 |
| Mar 2026 | 0.29 | 5 |
| Apr 2026 | 0.21 | 5 |
| May 2026 | 0.15 | 5 |
| Jun 2026 | 0.13 | 5 |
| Jul 2026 | no clear view | 0 |
| Aug 2026 | 0.65 | 1 |
| Sep 2026 | 0.71 | 5 |
Source: contains modified Copernicus Sentinel-2 data 2025-2026 (via the Microsoft Planetary Computer), processed by VarshaKrishi; cropland mask: ESA WorldCover 2021. NDVI runs from about 0.1 for bare soil to about 0.8 for a dense green crop. Orchards mapped as tree cover are not in this curve. How it is computed · Download the data (CSV)
What the satellite sees here
The satellite record VarshaKrishi has published is for one field near Katol, Nagpur district. The same satellites pass over every field in Vidarbha.
From October 2025 to September 2026, 51 Sentinel-2 dates gave a clear view of at least 30 per cent of Yavatmal's cropland. Monsoon cloud is the main gap, which is why the weekly message says so when the satellite could not see a field.
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Other parts of the belt
Districts
- Nagpur district
- Amravati district
- Wardha district
- Akola district
- Washim district
- Buldhana district
- Chandrapur district
- Gadchiroli district
- Gondia district
- Bhandara district
Orange talukas
Last checked (AI-assisted): 18 Oct 2026. Facts checked against the sources listed on 18 Oct 2026 with AI assistance; not yet reviewed by an agronomist or local experts.