Gujarat completes 50 per cent rain of average monsoon season; 41 per cent deficit

Gandhinagar: Gujarat has completed around 50 % rainfall of the normal average monsoon season this year so far. The total rainfall in Gujarat as of 8 AM today was 419.55 mm.

The district with the highest percentage of rain of total monsoon is Valsad where 69.72 % rain is completed. The lowest percentage of rain of total monsoon so far is reported in the district Aravalli which is 31.05 %. The region with the highest percent of rain of total monsoon is South Gujarat region where 56.81 % rain is completed. The region with the lowest percentage of rain of total monsoon is North Gujarat region where 38.78 % rain has been completed so far. Kutch region, East- Central Gujarat region and Saurashtra region completed respectively 50.46 %, 44.67 % and 49.33 % rainfall of the average monsoon so far.

The taluka with the lowest percentage of rain of total monsoon is Galteshwar taluka in Kheda district where 14.33 % rain is completed. The highest percentage of rain of total monsoon so far is reported in Umergam taluka of Valsad which is 96.50 %.

The total percentage of rainfall completed in Ahmedabad, Surat, Vadodara and Rajkot district so far is 38.74 %, 57.84 %, 41.25 % and 46.44 %.

Barring Devbhoomi Dwarka district, entire Gujarat is into deficit of rainfall. The overall deficit of rain in Gujarat as on today is minus 41 pee cent. DeshGujarat