Leh gets excess precipitation; Rajouri, Udhampur and Samba rain deficit
Jammu:As the monsoon is receding from Jammu and Kashmir, this year has been a surprising one. The state received above normal but uneven rains, leaving several districts parched.
Although the monsoon winds do not reach Leh district in the Ladakh region, it received precipitation this year.
As per the data of the Indian Meteorological Department, J&K received a total average of 582-mm rainfall during the monsoon which is 13 per cent above normal of 517 mm that the state should have received. Rajouri, Udhampur and Samba in the Jammu region, over which monsoon clouds pass, did not get required the precipitation. Rajouri received 29 per cent deficit rainfall (493.4 actual, average normal 692.8 mm), Udhampur 31 per cent deficit (actual 882.8 mm, average normal 1279.7 mm) and Samba faced a 3 per cent deficit (actual 839.2 mm, average normal 866.2 mm).
Surprisingly, Leh district received excess rain this year. It received 77-mm rainfall, much higher than 33 mm on an average recorded during June-September in the past decades.
Weather experts say it was mostly due to the strong monsoon winds over Himachal Pradesh which influenced the weather in the cold desert.
“We received normal rains during the wet season but they were uneven. Areas which are usually not affected by the monsoon winds received more rainfall this year. It is all depends on the reach of the monsoon winds and the timing,” said Mukhtar Ahmed, Assistant Director, IMD.
Four spells of heavy rains lashed the state between June 20 and 27, July 4 and 10, August 15 and 21 and September 26 and 28.
“We collect data for the whole state but the monsoon mainly remains concentrated in Jammu division. The wind pattern, however, affects the weather in other parts of the state,” said Abdul Latief, a data analyst with the IMD in Srinagar.
Weather experts say the monsoon in the state is a 75-day period. They say the rains for the last five years have been uneven. While there have been greater instances of heavy rainfall in particular areas in a district, others areas have remained dry, they say.
13 per cent more rain this year
- As per the data of the Indian Meteorological Department, J&K received a total average of 582-mm rainfall during the monsoon which is 13 per cent above normal of 517 mm what the state should have received
- Four spells of heavy rains lashed the state between June 20 and 27, July 4 and 10, August 15 and 21 and September 26 and 28
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