Three Jharkhand cities, including capital Ranchi, created records in rainfall received in a day in May, according to the Met office.

Ranchi, Jamshedpur and Daltonganj received the highest ever rainfall in 24 hours in May, said a release of the Ranchi Meteorological Centre on Tuesday afternoon.

Ranchi received 151mm rain on May 27 that not only surpassed the highest 24-hour rainfall of 72.2mm recorded on May 17, 1990, but also equalled the amount of rain received in May 1959, which was the highest ever monthly rainfall.

But the total rainfall of 325.5mm in Ranchi during May this year has created a new record, the release said.

Similarly, Jamshedpur received 170.2mm rainfall on Monday (May 31), surpassing the highest 24-hour rainfall of 160mm on May 10, 1949.

The total monthly rainfall of 546.1mm in Jamshedpur in May bettered the 434.9mm rainfall received by the steel city in 2017.

In Daltonganj, the highest 24-hour rainfall of 62.2mm recorded on May 27, 1904, was bettered slightly by 62.5mm received on May 28 this year.

The 184.8mm rainfall recorded during May was, however, significantly more than 138.5mm in May 1990.