294.6 mm in 24 hours: Ahmedabad city records fourth highest rainfall in its history

3 min readAhmedabadJul 24, 2026 09:29 PM IST Surat city was waterlogged following continuous rainfall since Wednesday night, disrupting traffic and forcing road closures. (Express Photo)Ahmedabad received 294.6 mm of rainfall in the last 24 hours ending 8 am on Friday (July 24), the fourth highest rainfall recorded in Gujarat’s largest city so far. The highest 24-rain rainfall recorded in Ahmedabad was in July 1927, when the city recorded 414.8 mm downpour.“Ahmedabad recorded its fourth highest rainfall on Thursday-Friday. The highest rainfall record was in 1927, somewhere around July 20,” IMD’s Ahmedabad region director A K Das told The Indian Express. While the South west and north west zones among the seven zones the city received the highest rainfall, Bopal area received the highest ra