Uttarakhand Meteorological Centre director Dr Anand Sharma, declared withdrawal of monsoon from the State on Thursday. Among all the State capitals of the country, Dehradun received maximum rainfall with 2865 mm, while Mumbai stood second with 2396 mm rainfall.
He has forecast mainly dry weather includes rainfall less than 2.5 mm at isolated places especially in mountainous places in the state on Friday. The director said that the withdrawal of monsoon, which normally begins by around September third week in Uttarakhand, had been delayed by around a month. Dehradun is India's wettest State capital this monsoon with 2,865 mm of rainfall between June 1 and September 30. With 2,396 mm, Mumbai received the second highest rainfall this year.
In 2011, Mumbai recorded the maximum rainfall among all state capitals during the monsoon season. In 2012, Dehradun outdid Mumbai to become the wettest state capital. Sharma said that in 2012, Dehradun recorded 2,137 mm of rainfall while Mumbai received 1,867 mm. According to him, Dehradun's maximum recorded rainfall in 24 hours was 188 mm in 1925. This year, heavy rains caused havoc in the State in June. On June 17, the rainfall for 24 hours was 370 mm.
This year, the monsoon had been the longest since 1975. Sharma said, "In Uttarakhand, the monsoon rains started early this year on June 15 and it has withdrawn on October 17.” "In 1975, the monsoon onset was declared on June 22 and it withdrew on October 12. This year, the onset of monsoon was on June 15 and it has withdrawn on October 17.
This year, the state has so far received 137 All the districts of Uttarakhand received above normal rain in the month of June. Rudraprayag district received 1470.4 mm rainfall as against the normal of 1671.1 mm showing 12 per cent deficient rains than normal. Chamoli district received 1580.6 mm rainfall which is the maximum in the state as against the normal of 859.3 mm showing an excess of about 84 per cent than normal.
The departure -19 per to +19 per cent is normal while departure -20 per cent to -59 per cent is deficient.