Monsoon season presently at the peak in the State, statistics, however, reveal that the rain so far is scanty in four out of the 13 districts of the state- Haridwar, Udham Singh Nagar, Tehri and Pauri. The time period taken into account for the measurement of the rain activity is a little over one and half month from June 1 to July 19.
The Meteorological centre director Bikram Singh said on Tuesday that Uttarakhand has received 477 mm monsoon showers on the average against the normal figure of 415.9 mm between June 1 and July 19 (showing departure plus 15 per cent). However, rainfall was scanty in Haridwar, Udham Singh Nagar, Tehri and Pauri districts in terms of monsoon rain during the same period, Singh said, adding that the farmers involved in agriculture and horticulture are a worried lot consequently. He further said that a rainy spell for around 10 days from July 28onwards awaiting the state might help compensate for the shortfall.
While the departure -19 per to +19 per cent is normal the departure -20 per cent to -59 per cent is supposed to be deficient, he said.
He said that Dehradun has received 844.8, showing an excess of 47 per cent as compared to the the normal monsoon rainfall by July 19 while Haridwar has received 259.3 mm as against the normal of 298.4 mm, showing 13 per cent deficient rains as compared to the normal. Udham Singh Nagar has received 295.9 mm rainfall as against the normal of 389 mm, showing 24 per cent deficient rains as against the normal while Chamoli has received 431.4 mm rainfall as against the normal of 270.2 mm, showing 60 per cent excess rains as compared to the normal. Rudraprayag has received 568 mm rainfall as against the normal of 531 mm, showing seven per cent excess rains while Uttarkashi has received 417.9 mm rainfall as against the normal of 369.9 mm, showing 13 per cent an excess per cent rains as compared to the normal. Almora has received 453.6 mm rainfall as against the normal of 306.4 mm, showing 48 per cent an excess rains as against the normal while Champawat has received 580 mm rainfall as against the normal of 501 mm, showing 16 per cent an excessive rain as compared to the normal. However, Tehri recorded a deficient rainfall as it has received 306.3 mm rainfall as against the normal of 350.3 mm, showing 13 per cent deficient rains as compared the normal.
Nainital district has received 704.4 mm rainfall as against the normal of 519.8 mm, showing 36 per cent an excess rains as against the normal while Pithoragarh district has received 618.7 mm rainfall as against the normal of 620.8 mm, showing normal rainfall. While Bageshwar has received 526.5 mm rainfall as against the normal of 306.4 mm, showing excess rains of 72 percent as against the normal Pauri has received 270.9 mm rainfall as against the normal of 383.1 mm, showing 29 per cent deficient rains as against the normal.