Malkangiri district has received the highest rainfall of 493.8 millimeter (MM) and Boudh district the lowest of 192.0 MM during the month of August.
Odisha received an average rainfall of 293.9 MM against the long-term average (lTA) of 356.0 MM, registering a shortfall of 17.4 per cent in the month of August.
The cumulative rainfall of the State from June to August, 2017 remained 842.4 MM against the lTA of 912.4 MM which accounts for a shortfall of 7.7 per cent.
The information was available from Special Relief Commissioner (SRC) Bishnupada Sethi.
Two districts, Gajapati and Ganjam, received surplus rainfall of over 19 per cent during the period from June 1 to August 31.
The 18 districts which received normal rainfall (+19% to –19%) are Rayagada, Nabarangpur, Kalahandi, Malkangiri, Khordha, Koraput, Puri, Jharsuguda, Deogarh, Jagatsinghpur, Sundargarh, Cuttack, Kendrapada, Nayagarh, Baleswar, Mayurbhanj, Sambalpur and Bhadrak during this period.
Rainfall in 10 districts, Kandhamal, Keonjhar, Bargarh, Subarnapur, Nuapada, Jajpur, Balangir, Boudh, Angul and Dhenkanal remained deficient between 19% and 39% during the period from June 1 to August 31.
There were total 40.7 rainy days during June to August against the normal average of 40.9 days. There were 10 rainy days in June, 15.6 in July and 15.1 rainy days in August.