Panaji: In extreme order – too heavy in a short time and far less in a longer time – rainfall in August ended as the poorest in four decades after the spell of 14 extraordinary days produced the worst flood of state in 40 years .
On August 31, the Indian Meteorology Department (IMD) recorded 361mm – only 51% rainfall – this month with a prolonged weak monsun activity, compared with an average of 702.3 million.
“Based on the data available, the deficit in the rainfall this August this year is 49%,” said Sacisis, IMD-Panaji, said Rahul M.
The rainfall in July 2021 has shown sharp contrast with 14 days to produce 1,047.3mm bumper rainfall Leaving many parts of Goa floating and people, especially farmers, crying.
The rest of the 17th of July only witnessed only 233.5mm rainfall, some in rare spells that lasted until the end of August.
“Moon Monsun Peak August is very bad for the country as a whole with a 24% deficit.
This country has a 9% deficit from June 1 to August 31, with only Indian South Peninsular which shows an excess of 8% while the remaining three regions show a deficit,” said the expert Meteorology M.
Ramesh Kumar.
But August rainfall was no poorer compared to other past records, said IMD scientists.
“At least four occasions – 281mm in 1999 and also in 1971, 1972, 1978 and 2009 – the rainfall recorded in August was less than August 2021,” Rahul said.
On Tuesday, the total seasonal has crawled to 2.656mm, compared to an average of 2,712.8mm – overall deficit of only 2% – disguise the weak gap of weak monsoon activities.