The month of June left behind a rainfall deficiency of 11%, which reflects a poor start to the four-month-long Monsoon season. Especially because the normal rains for June is just 163 mm on an average.
Covering up such a deficiency becomes a herculean task in the month of July as the mean rainfall for the second month of the Monsoon season is a whopping 289 mm. It becomes difficult to fulfill this figure itself and covering up any leftover deficiency is definitely difficult.
However, July brought a ray of hope with heavy showers simultaneously in several parts of the country. For the last couple of days, East and Central India have been receiving good Monsoon rains. Earlier, North India also witnessed few good spells of rainfall. The country has received 205.9 mm of rainfall against the normal of 206.7 mm, from June 1 to July 7, 2016. This brings the cumulative rainfall deficiency to 0%. In the last 3 days, pan India rains were about 1 and half to 2 times the normal rains.
So far, Northwest India has received surplus rains to the tune of 16%. East and Northeast received 18% less Monsoon rains than normal. Central India is no longer rain deficient and South Peninsula is the best performing region with 18% surplus rains.
June was 18 mm short of the normal rainfall figure and now, this deficiency has been covered. The month of July has received excess rains to the tune of 40%.
We can expect good Monsoon rains to continue for the next one week or so. As of now, Monsoon seems to be vigorous over Madhya Pradesh, parts of Vidarbha, North Marathwada and northern parts of Chhattisgarh. Monsoon will also remain active over Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Jharkhand and West Bengal for the next couple of days.
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