PANAJI: Within an odd year that started with arbitrary showers because January 1 as well as hail during the winter, the entire rainfall recorded at the nation throughout the pre-monsoon weeks of March, April and May this season has gone down into record books as the third highest at 70 decades.
The previous time Goa seen large pre-monsoon rain was first in 2006, although the greatest recorded pre-monsoon rain was at 1961.
The quantum of rain before might have been greater since the India meteorological department (IMD) has raised the amount of rain gauge stations in the past few decades.
“The overall rainfall through the pre-monsoon year (March, April and May) this season is 394.
3mm, that’s the greatest since 2006.
In 2006, the total rain was 591.
9mm,” Rahul M, scientist in IMD, Panaji, stated.
At a rare event, the southwest monsoon had came May 26, 2006 at Kerala and had drifted over Goa within only two weeks.
“That season, there was considerable rain from May 28 and exceptionally heavy rainfall reports Goa for four times between May 28 and 31,” the scientist explained.
The entire year of Goa’s Liberation has been a landmark year also, as the rain recorded through the pre-monsoon months included around 662.
2mm.
The next year, 1962, listed 386.
3mm of rainfall, although 359.
3mm has been listed in 1990.
Back in 1961, Goa had obtained a total of 4,313.
6mm of rainfall throughout the course of this year.