In the last week, Southwest Monsoon was weak over Jharkhand as light to moderate rainfall occurred at few places over the State.
However, from July 20 onwards, monsoon is likely to become more active as widespread showers are being predicted.
As per the Meteorological Centre, Ranchi from July 17 to July 19 widespread rainfall of light to moderate category across the State is being expected. From July 20 onwards widespread showers are on the cards. There is no warning of any heavy rainfall. The Department has also issued a warning of thunderstorm and lighting for all the days.
“Monsoon will be quite active from July 20 onwards and all the stations are likely to receive good amount of rainfall. For the next few days, the temperature in the north west region will beabove normal by a few degrees while for the rest of the State it will remain near normal conditions,” said Deputy Director MET Centre, Ranchi Abhishek Anand.
As per the statistics released by the MET Centre, Ranchi on July 16, from June 1 to July 16, Jharkhand has received a total of 342.7 mm of rainfall as aginst the normal amount of 364.9 mm. Out of the 24 districts in the State, seven have recorded deficit rainfall- Simdega (-25), Saraikela- Kharsawan (-30), Sahibganj (-46), Pakur, Deoghar and Khunti (-39) each and Gumla (-51). Two have received large excess rainfall- Latehar (71) and Palamu (87) while Garwah has received excess rainfall of 32 percent.
As per the communiqué, from July 17 to July 20, the maximum temperature in Ranchi and its surrounding areas will be between 30- 32 degree Celsius.