The first monsoon month of June ended with surplus rain of 34 per cent in Jharkhand.

Statistics available from IMD's Ranchi Met Centre revealed that between June 1 and June 30 the state recorded 268.6 mm of rain against a normal of 199.9 mm.

Last year too Jharkhand had registered a surplus rain but it was a meagre one per cent.

Statistics revealed last year the state had recorded 202.4mm, against a normal of 199.9 mm, a surplus of one per cent.

In 2019, June, the state had recorded a meagre 89.6mm against a normal of 200mm, a deficit of 55 per cent.

According to statistics, between 2010 and 2018, June had ended on a deficit note due to a delayed arrival of the southwest monsoon and its weak spell in the initial few weeks after the onset.

This year, the southwest monsoon arrived three days early in Jharkhand on June 12.

After a good shower show and heavy rains in several districts due to a vigorous monsoon, the surplus figures kept increasing and reached 109 per cent around June 19.

The figures witnessed a gradual decrease later as the monsoon currents became weak over Jharkhand as the trough shifted towards north.

Today, June 30, the surplus stood at 34 per cent.

Statistics revealed that except for West Singhbhum, Gumla and adjoining Seraikela-Kharswan district all the rest 21 districts including Ranchi, Palamau, Dhanbad, Bokaro,Jamtara, East Singhbhum, Dumka, Hazaribagh, Koderma, Simdega, Sahebganj and Giridih figures in the rain-surplus list.

Seraikela-Kharsawan and Gumla districts were facing marginal deficit rainfall.

At the end of June, Jamtara, which figures in the rain- gainers list, reaped the maximum benefit with 139 per cent surplus rain.

This was followed by Palamau with 110 per cent surplus rain and Dhanbad with 108 per cent surplus.

Koderma and Lohardaga districts recorded over 90 per cent surplus rain.

The Ranchi Meteorological Centre also predicted a good spell of monsoon rain in July.

The normal rain in the month of July, calculated on the basis of a 30-year long-term average is 334.7mm.

Head of Ranchi Met Centre, Abhishek Anand said they were expecting heavy rainfall in isolated pockets of Jharkhand between July 2 and July 4, due to the impact of a trough running from north-east Uttar Pradesh to north-east Assam across Bihar and sub- Himalayan West Bengal extending upto 0.9km above mean sea level.

The Ranchi Met Centre also issued an alert of moderate thunderstorm and lightning in isolated places across Jharkhand during the next four days.

Notably, monsoon which went into a weak phase in Jharkhand during the last few days was expected to revive in the first week of July.