Surendranagar,Rajkot get more than 25% average rain of the season

Surendranagar,Rajkot get more than 25% average rain of the season
Ahmedabad, 12 July, 2011


Surendranagar,Rajkot get more than 25% average rain of the season


Gujarat has received 16.31 % rains(of average total amount of rains it received in last ten years), as per the report of the Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) on 8:00 AM, 12-7-2011.

The district of Surendranagar has received 34.81 %, the maximum percentage of rains in the state. The other districts to receive ample amount of rains are Rajkot – 27.25 %, Porbandar – 23.46 % and Jamnagar 21.28%.

Other districts to receive rains above 15 percent of their total average seasonal rain are Tapi – 16.90 %, Amreli – 16.55 %, Bharuch – 16.70 %, Narmada – 15.88 %, Surat – 15.35 % and Valsad – 15.04 %.

If we look at the situation in millimeters, Valsad has recived the highest 352 mm rain so far, followed by Navsari – 268 mm, Surat – 246 mm, Surendranagar – 224.20 mm, Dangs – 223 mm, Junagadh – 218 mm, Porbandar 213 mm, Rajkot 198 mm.

The lowest rainfall has received in Kheda 9.12 %, Dangs 9.46 % and Dahod 9.69 %.

The entire districts wise data is presented below:

Surendranagar – 34.81 %
Rajkot – 27.25 %
Porbandar – 23.46 %
Jamnagar – 21.28 %
Junagadh – 20.45 %
Gandhinagar – 17.94 %
Ahmedabad – 17.81 %
Bhavnagar – 17.37 %
Tapi – 16.90 %
Amreli – 16.55 %
Bharuch – 16.17 %
Narmada – 15.88 %
Surat – 15.35 %
Valsad – 15.04 %
Sabarkantha – 14.94 %
Mehsana – 14.50 %
Anand – 14.25 %
Navsari – 13.30 %
Vadodra – 12.87 %
Panchmahal – 12.80 %
Patan – 11.59 %
Banskantha – 10.32 %
Dahod – 10.32 %
Kutch – 9.69 %
Dangs – 9.46 %
Kheda – 9.12 %

Notable Talukas that have received highest rain so far are Sutrapada : Junagadh – 53.35 %, Wankaner : Rajkot – 47.42 %, Bhachau : Kutch – 46.29 %, Muli : Surendranagar – 46.27 % and Wadhvan : Surendranagar – 42.12 %.

Lakhpat taluka in Kutch has received no rain at all.