This May has been something however a dry, scorching and dry month in most elements of India.
Less than 10 days to alter in June, the nation nonetheless has not skilled a warmth wave and as an alternative, it has been raining constantly to today.
Although thunderstorm actions have continued since April in areas of South, West and Central India, the climate turned extra pronounced throughout the week between May 13 and May 19, which was ‘very extreme’ close to Diu in Gujarat on May 17. ‘Happened with the crossing of the weasel. .
IMD Director General Dr Mritunjay Mohapatra stated, “Kerala, Lakshadweep, Karnataka, Goa and Maharashtra came under the impact of the storm and between 12 and 18 May there was heavy to very heavy rainfall.”
The storm hurtled previous in parallel methods alongside the west coast earlier than inflicting large havoc in Gujarat. In addition, the system progressed as a despair and later developed as a low strain over Rajasthan, Delhi, Uttar Pradesh and Bihar, resulting in widespread heavy rains.
Meteorological information from the India Meteorological Department (IMD) exhibits that each the utmost temperature and rainfall data for May had been exceeded at a number of locations together with Delhi, Mumbai and stations in Pune and Gujarat.
On 19 May, Delhi recorded its coldest day in May in 23 years at 23.8 levels Celsius. Similarly, the utmost temperatures on May 17 in Pune and Mumbai had been recorded at 28.1 levels and 26.9 levels Celsius respectively.
During May 13 to 19, the dry deserts of Kutch, Saurashtra and Rajasthan together with Gujarat recorded most rainfall surplus. As towards the conventional 0.1 mm, Gujarat recorded 46.5 mm, making it 10,000 p.c above regular for every week.
During the final seven days, 991 p.c extra rainfall was recorded than regular, with Rajasthan’s weekly rainfall being 26.2 mm. Similarly, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Karnataka, Goa and Kerala had been additionally included within the high-surplus rainfall class states final week.
These areas, generally, obtain no rainfall and stay largely dry all through the summer time season. Rainfall happens between the tip of June and the center of July with elements of Gujarat and Rajasthan reaching the monsoon. An IMD official stated that for the reason that rainfall figures are negligible, heavy rainfall would present a excessive surplus.
An in depth have a look at the rainfall recorded within the 36 meteorological sub-divisions between 13 and 19 May exhibits that 20 of those have recorded ‘giant extra’ rainfall. Six and 4 subdivisions recorded ‘regular’ and ‘extra’ rainfall respectively.
This further rainfall helped your entire nation within the type of 127 p.c surplus rainfall, making the general pre-monsoon season (March 1 to May 19) regular.
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With inputs from TheIndianEXPRESS
