Widespread good rain in Jammu & Kashmir

Mercury plunged as moderate rain showers lashed many parts of the Valley in the last 24 hours. The combination of monsoon system over Rajasthan and passage of western disturbance towards Jammu & Kashmir has given good amounts of rain at almost all the weather stations in the state.

Banihal recorded 93.7 mm of rain in the last 24 hours. Similarly, Qazigund recorded 80.4 mm of rain during this period.

While summer capital Srinagar recorded 20 mm of rain, it was merely 9 mm for Jammu.

Gulmarg, the ski resort, received rain of 32.4 mm in the last 24 hours.

Although there were good rains during the last week of August, Jammu and Kashmir suffered a 37% deficit of rain during this monsoon season.

Out of the three hilly states in the North India –Uttarakhand, Himachal Pradesh and J&K, monsoon season generally remains subdued over J&K. While the normal rainfall for the monsoon season is 534.6 mm for J&K; it is 825.3 for Himachal Pradesh and the highest for Uttarakhand at 1229.1 mm. The rainfall for the current monsoon season till date is 284.6 mm for J&K, 447.7 mm for Himachal Pradesh and 812 mm for Uttarakhand.

According to Skymet Meteorology Division in India, rain is likely to reduce in these states in the next 24 hours as the Western Disturbance responsible for rain will move away from the Western Himalayan region.