The happy monsoon showers during the last 48 hours have resulted in surplus rain in Jharkhand.

According to data, this is the first time in a decade that Jharkhand achieved surplus rain figures in June, the first monsoon month.

A senior climate analyst at IMD, New Delhi, said, “During the past 10 years or so, monsoon never reached Jharkhand on its scheduled arrival date of June 10. This year, the monsoon arrival date was revised to June 15 and the season of rains arrived on June 13, two days early. Soon after its onset, there was widespread moderate to heavy rain over Jharkhand, resulting in surplus rain.”

A view of Dimna lake with monsoon clouds hovering over Dalma hills in the backdrop on Wednesday Bhola Prasad

According to Met department data, on Wednesday, the state achieved a rain surplus of 23 per cent. Against a normal of 77.8mm rain, Jharkhand so far in June received 95.7mm.

Merely 48 hours ago on June 15, Jharkhand was witnessing a rain deficit of 10 per cent. Impressive rain during the last 48 hours resulted in a turnaround.

In 2019, the deficit around June 17 was 40 per cent.

During this time in June 2018, the deficit stood at 37 per cent while in 2017, the deficit stood at 35 per cent and 39 per cent in 2016, revealed Met department data.

Between 2010 and 2015, the deficit was in the range of 30 and 40 per cent. Last year, the southwest monsoon arrived in Jharkhand on June 21, after an 11-day delay.

Between 2011 and 2018, the monsoon got delayed by 10 to 15 days while in 2010, monsoon kept a date with Jharkhand in July 5, after a delay of 25 days.

Wednesday’s Met data revealed that Palamau so far topped the rain-surplus list with 151 per cent (actual: 103.8mm, normal: 41.3mm) followed by Ramgarh which achieved a surplus figure of 94 per cent (actual 157.6mm, normal: 81.4mm)

Some of the other gainers included Garhwa with 92 per cent, Lohardaga and Latehar with 76 per cent, Bokaro with 66 per cent, Godda with 58 per cent, West Singhbhum with 53 per cent and East Singhbhum with 45 per cent.

Ranchi recorded surplus rain of 29 per cent.

Data revealed that 19 of the 24 districts figured in the rain-surplus list while only five districts, most of them in Santhal Pargana region, Deoghar, Dumka, Pakur, Gumla and Simdega, were in the rain-deficit list.

The director of the Ranchi Meteorological Centre, S.D. Kotal, said the southwest monsoon was active over Jharkhand during the past 48 hours and it resulted in widespread rain.

“The surplus figure is expected to rise further as we are expecting heavy rain in isolated parts of the state in the next 72 hours,” Kotal told The Telegraph Online.