June ends with rainfall deficiency of 11 per cent

June 30, 2016 20:35

Of the four-month monsoon season in the country, June has ended up with the overall rainfall deficiency of 11 per cent and it is fast declining .

Monsoon is yet to reach several parts of the country, especially northwest India and all region barring the southern peninsula have received deficient rainfall until now.

In east and northeast India, monsoon was deficient by 28 per cent, while the deficiency was 17 and 7 per cent in central and northwest India respectively.

The Northern Limit of Monsoon continues to pass through Dwarka, Vallabh Vidyanagar, Sawai Madhopur, Gwalior, Lucknow, Pantnagar, Dehradun, Una and Jammu. It is expected to cover Delhi, Haryana and Punjab in next two days.

June to September is considered as the rainfall season in India. As per the IMD forecast after two consecutive bad rainfall seasons, this monsoon will be "above normal".

Here is a look at the distribution of rainfall in June.

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