7% rainfall below normal in July: IMD

New Delhi: After a strong resurrection in the first week of July who saw floods, Cloudburst and landslides in several parts of the country, Southwest Monsun ended with a seven percent deficit for that month, the Indian Meteorology Department (IMD) said Sunday.
The rainfall in July was minus seven percent who came to around 93 percent of the old average, Director General of General Mrutyunjay Mohapatra said.
Rainfall in the range of 96-104 is normal while precipitation in the range of 90-96 is classified as below normal.
July recorded very heavy rainfall on coastal and middle Maharashtra, Goa, Karnataka.
Some cities and cities in Maharashtra were flooded until very heavy rainfall which resulted in disaster events such as landslides claiming to score life and destructive property.
North Indian countries – Jammu and Kashmir, Uttarakhand, Himachal Pradesh and Ladakh – also see cloudburst events that claim some lives.
National capital also recorded excellent rainfall activities.
But overall, the rainfall which was recorded for the month was seven percent less.
IMD has expected normal rainfall in July.
“We have estimated normal rainfall for July which is somewhere around 96 percent of LPA.
July brings maximum rain throughout the country, but there are no rainfall activities in North India until July 8 which can be the reason behind the deficit,” said Mohapatra.
Southwest Monsun arrived at Kerala on June 3, two days after a normal schedule.
But it was very quick to cover East, West, South and the parts of North India on June 19.
But after it entered the phase that watched the mantra there was no rainfall activity.
This began to revive from July 8.
Southwest Monsun reached Delhi on July 13 after delaying 16 days and covered the entire country on the same day.
June receives rainfall of 10 percent more than usual.
From the rainfall season four months, July and August received maximum rainfall.
Overall, this country has received rainfall of one percent less than usual from June 1 to July 31.
The deficit is minus 13 percent in the East and Northeast US subdivision.
The Northwestern Indian division which includes North India records a two percent deficit.
The South Peninsula Division which includes southern countries receive 17 percent more rainfall while the Central Indian division consisting of West and India is noting one percent of more rainfall than normal.