The month of June contributes 18% of the Monsoon season’s rainfall. The rainiest pocket during this time is Northeast India and the Western Ghats. Whereas, the least contribution comes from Northwest India, solely because the Monsoon arrives usually at the fag end of June.
Thus, the month of June ended on a deficit note with an overall deficiency of 33%. The daily average rainfall on June 1 is 2.6 mm and on June 30 it stands at 7.9 mm. Thus, we can say that as the Monsoon rains progress, the daily average also keeps increasing. Despite picking up the pace last week, June was rain deficit by 33%.
Barring June 4 which recorded normal rains of 3.2 mm, all the other days of June were running short of the average rainfall. Thus, we can say that the daily average rainfall was below normal. The record says that half of the month’s rain deficiency was more than 40%.
Despite performing badly, last week’s deficiency stood between 15%-20%. With slow progress of rains, the sowing of Kharif crops slowed down. Both spatial and temporal distribution of rain is important for Kharif crops, which accounts for about 50 percent of agricultural production in the country.
There is a total of 36 subdivisions in our country, out of which almost 82% area of the country was rain deficit. Four percent area of the country falls under the large deficient category and rest 78% falls under the deficit category.
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