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Odisha Gets 9.0% Deficit Rainfall in July 2019

Malkanagiri received the highest rainfall and Bhadrak witnessed the lowest rainfall

Bhubaneswar: During July, 2019, Odisha got average rainfall of 309.4 mm against the long term average (LTA) of 339.9 mm registering a deficit of 9.0%, according to the IMD.

Malkanagiri district received the highest rainfall of 633.8 mm (36.1% surplus) and Bhadrak district received the lowest rainfall of 178.9 mm (39.1% deficit) during the month.

The cumulative rainfall of the State in June and July, 2019 remained 457.7 mm against the LTA of 556.4 mm registering a deficit of 17.7%.

Cumulatively, only Koraput district has received surplus rainfall more than 19%.
11 districts which received normal rainfall (+ 19% to – 19%) are Nawarangpur, Malkanagiri, Puri, Kalahandi, Khordha, Cuttack, Jagatsinghpur, Bargarh, Ganjam, Subarnapur and Rayagada.

Rainfall in 17 districts namely, Jharsuguda, Nayagarh, Dhenkanal, Nuapada, Jajpur, Kandhamal, Balangir, Boudh, Sambalpur, Kendrapara, Balasore, Gajapati, Keonjhar, Bhadrak, Angul, Mayurbhanj and Deogarh has remained deficit between 19% & 39%.

Rainfall in one district Sundargarh comes under severe deficit category i.e. between (-39% & -59%) during the period from 1st June, 2019 to 31st July, 2019.
On an average, the State experiences 15.4 rainy days in the month of July. There were 13.7 rainy days during July this year. In June 2019, there were 7.4 rainy days against the normal average of 9.9 days.

Going by the Block-wise rainfall data, 32 number of Blocks have received surplus rainfall (>19%), 115 Blocks received normal rainfall (+ 19% to – 19%), 98 Blocks received deficit rainfall (-19% to -39%), 63 Blocks received severe deficit rainfall (-39% to -59%) and 6 Blocks experienced scanty rainfall i.e. deficit by more than 59% during these 2 months June-July cumulatively. Six Blocks which have experienced scanty rainfall are Odapada in Dhenkanal District (-64.1%), Banspal (-65.2%) & Joda (-59.5%) in Keonjhar District and Nuagaon (-69.2%), Subdega (-62.3%) & Bonai (-60.8%) in Sundargarh District.

The district -wise and Block-wise position of rainfall during the period from 1st June, 2019 to 31st July, 2019 is attached.

Statement showing district wise cumulative actual (average) rainfall
during the month of 1st June, 2019 to 31st July, 2019
(Rainfall in mm)
Sl. No. District JUNE – 2019 JULY – 2019 CUMULATIVE RAINFALL                                           (1st June, 2019 to 31st July, 2019)
Actual Normal % of Deviation Actual  Normal % of Deviation Actual Anticipated
Normal
% of Deviation
1 District having Surplus Rainfall (above 19%)
1 Koraput 198.3 206.8 -4.1 543.9 375.6 44.8 742.2 582.4 27.4
11 Districts having Normal Rainfall (+19% to -19%)
1 Nawarangpur 216.8 251.8 -13.9 495.3 356.6 38.9 712.1 608.4 17.0
2 Malkanagiri 151.5 212.2 -28.6 633.8 465.7 36.1 785.3 677.9 15.8
3 Puri 151.4 188.0 -19.5 375.1 292.0 28.4 526.5 480.0 9.7
4 Kalahandi 157.0 240.4 -34.7 454.1 327.7 38.6 611.0 568.1 7.6
5 Khordha 140.5 196.2 -28.4 370.3 304.9 21.4 510.8 501.1 1.9
6 Cuttack 165.2 210.0 -21.3 353.1 308.3 14.5 518.3 518.3 0.0
7 Jagatsinghpur 141.4 202.3 -30.1 297.1 277.3 7.1 438.5 479.6 -8.6
8 Bargarh 135.5 205.6 -34.1 412.7 397.2 3.9 548.3 602.8 -9.0
9 Ganjam 112.3 168.3 -33.2 225.1 220.8 1.9 337.4 389.1 -13.3
10 Subarnapur 167.9 217.4 -22.8 344.6 399.6 -13.8 512.5 617.0 -16.9
11 Rayagada 72.7 195.3 -62.8 304.8 259.5 17.5 377.5 454.8 -17.0
17 Districts having Deficit Rainfall (shortfall of >19% up to 39%)
1 Jharsuguda 172.2 218.8 -21.3 315.6 385.8 -18.2 487.8 604.6 -19.3
2 Nayagarh 107.8 203.5 -47.0 272.6 288.5 -5.5 380.4 492.0 -22.7
3 Dhenkanal 198.8 225.7 -11.9 213.5 317.9 -32.8 412.3 543.6 -24.2
4 Nuapada 123.6 210.3 -41.2 290.9 347.1 -16.2 414.5 557.4 -25.6
5 Jajpur 253.7 238.5 6.4 183.7 350.9 -47.7 437.4 589.4 -25.8
6 Kandhamal 106.4 207.9 -48.8 284.8 325.1 -12.4 391.2 533.0 -26.6
7 Balangir 123.3 202.8 -39.2 287.1 360.5 -20.4 410.4 563.3 -27.1
8 Boudh 164.5 233.8 -29.6 294.1 418.5 -29.7 458.6 652.3 -29.7
9 Sambalpur 140.3 221.0 -36.5 311.9 429.5 -27.4 452.2 650.5 -30.5
10 Kendrapara 127.7 208.3 -38.7 236.8 317.1 -25.3 364.5 525.4 -30.6
11 Balasore 142.8 221.5 -35.5 223.6 308.6 -27.5 366.4 530.1 -30.9
12 Gajapati 59.8 199.7 -70.1 233.9 230.6 1.4 293.7 430.3 -31.8
13 Keonjhar 143.3 241.4 -40.7 232.2 318.0 -27.0 375.5 559.4 -32.9
14 Bhadrak 150.7 198.2 -24.0 178.9 293.6 -39.1 329.6 491.8 -33.0
15 Angul 151.1 225.1 -32.9 226.6 347.7 -34.8 377.7 572.8 -34.1
16 Mayurbhanj 176.4 265.8 -33.6 217.4 337.3 -35.5 393.8 603.1 -34.7
17 Deogarh 176.7 242.4 -27.1 246.1 447.7 -45.0 422.8 690.1 -38.7
1 District having Severe Deficit Rainfall (shortfall of >39% up to 59%)
1 Sundargarh 119.8 237.4 -49.5 221.8 386.4 -42.6 341.7 623.8 -45.2
Nil District having Scanty Rainfall (shortfall of >59%) 
  Nil                  
State Average 148.3 216.5 -31.5 309.4 339.9 -9.0 457.7 556.4 -17.7
Rainfall in Odisha