Hospet's rainfall is not steadily declining. It is becoming increasingly unpredictable, with sharp swings between surplus and deficit years and a growing mismatch between when rain falls and when the region needs it. Hosapete taluk's long-period annual normal is 703.8 mm, yet the taluk recorded 894 mm in 2020, 777 mm in 2021, 858 mm in 2022, 939.7 mm in 2024 and only 545.5 mm in 2025. The contrast between 2024 and 2025 alone was nearly 400 mm. In 2023, Vijayanagara district received just 338 mm against a normal of 643 mm, a 47 per cent deficit. The pattern has become even more severe in 2026.
