Ahmedabad:

Even as wait for South West Monsoon in Gujarat was on, the western state has seen 94% less rain than normal this June so far.

As per the official data issued by the IMD center here today the state has seen only an average of 3.5 mm of rain from June 1 to 22 so far while the normal figure for the period was 55.5 mm. Hence, a deficit of 94% rain this month so far has been recorded.

13 of the 33 districts have not seen any rainfall so far this month while 7 have recorded less than one mm of rain. Valsad is the top rain-getter district in terms of actual amount with 41.4mm but was still 81% deficient of June rain as its month average stood at a higher figure of 220.1mm, however in terms of the minimum deficit so far Surat with only 66% (received 39.9mm against 117.5mm) was best placed.

Notably, the normal period of arrival of Monsoon in Gujarat is June 15. It had arrived on June 12 last year with a total of over 110% rain during monsoon. This time it is expected to make some what late entry in the state next week.

Meanwhile, the name of district/adjoining union territory, actual cumulative rainfall in mm in June so far, total average for the month in mm and % departure from normal is as follows-

AHMEDABAD ( 0, 46 , -100) ANAND (0, 65.4, -100) ARAVALLI (0, 40.4, -100) BANASKANTHA (0, 26.8,-100) BHARUCH ( 1.3, 79.9, -98) CHHOTA UDEPUR (0.2, 68, -99) DADARA & NAGAR HAVELI (50.7,209.4, -76) DAHOD ( 0.3, 55.5, -99) DAMAN (39.7, 209.4, -81) DANGS ( 14.6, 154.6, -91) GANDHINAGAR (0.9, 40, -98) KHEDA (0, 57.8, -100) MAHISAGAR ( 0.3, 45.6, -99), MAHESANA (0, 33.1, -100) NARMADA (1.5, 93.9, -98) NAVSARI (29.7, 164, -82) PANCHMAHAL ( 0, 61, -100) PATAN ( 0, 26.8, -100), SABARKANTHA (1.4, 38.2, -96) SURAT (39.9, 117.5, -66), TAPI (23.4, 134.9, -83), VADODARA (0, 69.1, -100) VALSAD (41.4, 220.1, -81) AMRELI (14.3, 61.6, -77), BHAVNAGAR (1.8, 78.7, -98) BOTAD (4, 51.6, -92) DEVBHOOMI DWARKA (0.1, 45.8, -99), DIU (15.2, 65.9, -77) GIR SOMNATH (2.5, 110.3, -98) JAMNAGAR (0, 46.4, -100) JUNAGADH (1.8, 103.4, -98) KUTCH (0, 20, -100) MORBI (0, 43.8, -100) PORBANDAR (0.3, 86.7, -99) RAJKOT (0.5, 58.7, -99) SURENDRANAGAR (0, 43.1, -100).

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