The Southwest Monsoon, which till yesterday was confined to coastal Odisha, West Bengal and east Bihar has advanced further and covered entire Odisha, Bihar, Jharkhand and east Uttar Pradesh.
In a span of 24 hours since 8 am on Wednesday Kolkata received 39 mm, Midnapore 81 mm and Digha 60 mm of rain. Jamshedpur in Jharkhand received 105 mm of rain. In east Uttar Pradesh Gorakhpur observed 22 mm of rain, while Patna and Bhagalpur in Bihar received 13 mm and 26 mm of rain respectively.
According to 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.
Meanwhile, temperatures in east India have gradually gone down due to widespread rain. They are now maintaining around 35 degrees Celsius and are expected to drop further by a couple of notches.
This has come as good news for the farmers who were eagerly waiting for rain. Monsoon in East India is already delayed by over a week.
