Three districts complete 1/3rd rain of the season
July 19, 2011
Three districts complete 1/3rd rain of the season
Ahmedabad, 19 July, 2011
The rains in Valsad and Dangs have shown stupendous increase in the past 24 hours. It rained nearly 90 MM in Dangs and107 MM in Valsad. The rains increased from 677 MM to 767 MM in Dangs and from 618 MM to 726 MM in Valsad in a span of just 24 hours.
Gujarat has received 24.50 % rains, as per the report of the Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) on 8:00 AM, 19-7-2011.
The district of Surendranagar has received 46.50 %, the maximum percentage of rains in the state. The other districts to receive ample amount of rains are Rajkot – 42.17 %, Amreli – 35.49 %
Other districts to receive rains above 18 percent of their total average seasonal rain are Anand – 18.08 %, Patan – 18.08 % , Narmada – 19.25 %.
If we look at the situation in millimeters, Dangs has received the highest 767 mm rain so far, followed by Valsad – 726 mm, Navsari – 456 mm, Surat – 370 mm, Junagadh – 319 mm, Rajkot – 306 mm, Surendranagar – 299.50 %
The lowest rainfall has received in Kheda 12.50 % , Dahod 12.87 % and Kutch 13.64 %
The entire districts wise data is presented below:
Surendranagar – 46.50 %
Rajkot – 42.17 %
Amreli – 35.49 %
Dangs – 32.55 %
Porbandar – 32.03 %
Bhavnagar – 31.15 %
Valsad – 31.03 %
Junagadh – 30.18 %
Ahmedabad – 28.93 %
Jamnagar – 27.22 %
Surat – 23.03 %
Sabarkantha – 22.97 %
Navsari – 22.67 %
Tapi – 22.40 %
Gandhinagar – 22.35 %
Banaskantha – 19.60 %
Bharuch – 19.53 %
Mehasana – 19.91 %
Narmada – 19.26 %
Patan – 18.08 %
Anand – 18.08 %
Panchmahal – 17.29 %
Vadodra – 16.12 %
Kutch – 13.64 %
Dahod – 12.87 %
Kheda – 12.50 %
State Average – 24.50 %
Notable Talukas that have received highest rain so far are Wankaner, Rajkot – 79.04 %, Jetpur, Rajkot – 58.93 %, Tankara, Rajkot – 56.56 %, Sutrapada, Junagadh – 55.97 %, Muli, Surendranagar – 55.76 %, Dhrangadhra, Surendranagar – 55.19 %
Lakhpat taluka in Kutch has received the least rains which is 0.28 %.
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