11 days before the normal monsoon withdrawal date, Gujarat receives over 103% rain

Gandhinagar: Even as the normal date of the start of withdrawal of monsoon from Gujarat is 11 days away, Gujarat has crossed average annual figure and received 103.02% rain till 6 am this morning and met has predicted more spells of heavy to very rainfall during coming 4 days.

Last year the state had received only 76.69% rain while the year before that ie., in 2017 it was over 110%.

The onset of withdrawal of monsoon in the state, which starts from Kutch on September 15 and the process goes on for several days, is remaining delayed for past many years.

Monsoon which made a somewhat delayed entry to arrive in this western state on June 25 this year is likely to make a record with regard to rainfall this year.

Region-wise North Gujarat has so far received minimum 82.95%, Kutch, notorious for scanty rain has got the maximum in percentage terms at 125.86%. East Central Gujarat has got 98.41%, Saurashtra 94.56% and South Gujarat has got 114.45% but highest in volume with 1623mm.

District-wise Valsad has received the maximum in terms volume with 2519 mm (114.44%). In percentage terms Bharuch at 141.51% (998 mm) was highest rain receiver district. Devbhoomi Dwarka is the lowest rain receiver both in terms of percentage as well as volume 69.44% (431mm).

In the last 24 hours alone the state has seen over 3% of the total seasonal rain. 225 talukas of all 33 districts saw rain with Vapi in Valsad seeing maximum of 287mm.

Last year when Monsoon had made entry on June 22 and withdrew completely by October 5, Gujarat had received only 76.69% of its average rain.

Kutch region had seen only 26.51% and two of its talukas had seen less than 10% with Lakhpat seeing as low as 3.44%. Rapar had seen 5.65%. The third such taluka (only three were in single digit figures) was Vav in Banaskantha district of North Gujarat with 5.56%. North Gujarat as a region had also seen only 48.06% rain.

East Central Gujarat had seen 71.55%, Saurashtra 72.93% and South Gujarat 96.45%. In percentage terms Gir Somnath with 139.85% was at the top while in actual amount term Valsad with 2271 mm was number one.

In year 2017 when Monsoon had made entry on June 12 and withdrew completely by first half of October, the total rainfall was more than 110%.

Notably since 2011, the withdrawal of monsoon was happening in delayed manner every year.

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