In a span of 24 hours since 8 am on Thursday Basirhat in Kolkata received 40 mm of rain, Midnapore 32 mm. Jamshedpur in Jharkhand received 83 mm of rain while Ranchi recorded 72 mm. In east Uttar Pradesh Gorakhpur observed 28 mm of rain, while Jharsuguda in Odisha received 38 mm of rain.
In Chhattisgarh, Bilaspur received 48.4 mm, Pendra 39 mm, Durg 24.4 mm and Raipur 16 mm of rain.
According to the latest weather update by Skymet Meteorology Division in India, good rain is expected in these areas in the next 24 to 48 hours and the Monsoon is likely to advance further into some more parts of east Uttar Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh. Good to heavy showers are likely over Gangetic plains, Bihar, Jharkhand, Odisha, east Uttar Pradesh and Chhattisgarh with few very heavy spells over Sub Himalayan West Bengal.
Temperatures in entire East India have come down to comfortable levels due to widespread rain. They are now just about normal around 33⁰C. Jamshedpur recorded maximum of 33.8⁰C on Thursday. Jharsuguda was 6⁰C below normal at 31.4⁰C while, Bilaspur was a whopping 9⁰C below normal at 29⁰C.