Odisha Records Surplus Rainfall in August

Bhubaneswar: Odisha has received an average rainfall of 443.3 mm in August as against the long term average (LTA) of 356.0 mm, recording a surplus of 24.5% during the month.

Malkanagiri registered the highest rainfall of 763.3 mm (61.5% surplus) and Puri district received the lowest rainfall of 287.6 mm (3.4% deficit) in August.

The cumulative rainfall of the state between June 1 and August 31 was 901 mm as against the LTA of 912.4 mm, registering a deficit of 1.2%.
The five districts – Kalahandi, Koraput, Malkanagiri, Balangir and Jharsuguda received surplus rainfall of more than 19% during the period between June 1 and August 31.

As many as 21 districts received normal rainfall. The districts are Kandhamal, Nawarangpur, Rayagada, Cuttack, Puri, Subarnapur, Bargarh, Khordha, Ganjam, Nayagarh, Jajpur, Gajapati, Kendrapara, Bhadrak, Nuapada, Jagatsinghpur, Sambalpur, Boudh, Dhenkanal, Mayurbhanj and Balasore.

Four districts – Keonjhar, Sundargarh, Angul and Deogarh – witnessed deficit between 19 per cent & 39 per cent during the period from June 1, 2019 to August 31, 2019.

Malkanagiri district received the highest rainfall of 1548.7 mm (34.6 per cent surplus) and Gajapati district received the lowest rainfall of 616.6 mm (9.8 period deficit) during the period from June 1, 2019 to August 31, 2019 (cumulative).