Monsoon: Humidity has made Delhi miserable, heavy rains expected from mountains to plains

After completely soaking Delhi two days ago, the monsoon remained calm on Sunday. Light sunshine came out in the afternoon, due to which the temperature increased by about one and a half degree Celsius compared to the previous day. Humidity made life miserable but there is a possibility of heavy rain on Monday. The weather remained clear in most of the districts of Uttarakhand. Five people died due to lightning in Gorakhpur-Deoria and Sant Kabir Nagar.

After the arrival of monsoon in the country, there are clouds and light to moderate rain is continuing from the mountains to the plains. The Meteorological Department has predicted thunderstorms, lightning and heavy rain with strong winds at different places in Punjab and adjoining Himachal Pradesh, eastern Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Jharkhand, MP, South Gujarat, South Telangana, Andhra Pradesh, South Karnataka, North Tamil Nadu, Bengal, Sikkim, Assam and Meghalaya from Monday to Wednesday. After completely soaking the capital two days ago, the monsoon remained calm on Sunday. Light sunshine came out in the afternoon, due to which the temperature increased by about one and a half degree Celsius compared to the previous day. Humidity has made life miserable, but there is a possibility of heavy rain on Monday. Weather remained clear in most districts of Uttarakhand.

Rain fell in some areas of Nainital and Udham Singh Nagar. On Monday, an orange alert for heavy rain has been issued in Dehradun, Pauri, Haridwar, Nainital, Champawat and Udham Singh Nagar. An orange alert has been issued for thunderstorm, lightning and heavy rain in three districts of Himachal Pradesh, Bilaspur, Solan and Sirmaur. Heavy rain fell in many districts of Uttar Pradesh.

Five people died due to lightning in Gorakhpur-Deoria and Sant Kabir Nagar, while 22 were burnt. Jhansi was the hottest district of the state in the beginning of June, while it became the coldest district as soon as June ended. Jhansi received the highest rainfall of 37.3 mm in the state till Sunday afternoon. The maximum temperature was 30.1 degree Celsius. Light to heavy rain is expected in most districts of the state on July 1 and 2.

Due to the monsoon becoming active, heavy rain is falling in various areas of Bihar. Rain is expected for the next two days. A woman died after being struck by lightning in Buxar. Monsoon has covered all the districts of Madhya Pradesh. The Meteorological Department has predicted heavy rain with thunder and lightning in Jabalpur, Tikamgarh, Sagar, Khajuraho, Rajgarh. Rain has been falling in Chhattisgarh for several days. There is a possibility of heavy rain at one or two places in Surguja division on Monday.

This year, the weather has made many records in Delhi in the month of June. The average maximum and minimum temperatures of the month have been the highest in 12 years. The average maximum temperature was 41.9 degrees and the minimum temperature was 29.8 degrees. This year, heat wave prevailed for nine days, the highest in 14 years. It rained for nine days in the month of June, while last year it rained for 17 days in June.

This year, the rainfall has been 228 percent more than normal. The average rainfall of the month is 74.1 mm, while the total rainfall was 243.4 mm. Out of this, 228.1 mm rainfall occurred only on 28 June. This is the third highest rainfall in the month of June after 1901. Before this, more rain had occurred 88 years ago in 1936 and 91 years ago in 1933.

Uttarakhand received 49 percent less rainfall than normal in the month of June. The beginning of summer in March was somewhat relieving, but the clouds remained angry in April and May. From March to May, there was 19 mm less rainfall than normal. There was 29 percent more rainfall than normal in March. In April, the clouds rained 46 percent less.

After this, there was 21 percent less rainfall than normal in May as well. Most days throughout the month, the maximum temperature was four to seven degrees Celsius higher than normal. From March 1 to May 31, the state received 128 mm rainfall, which is 19 percent less than the normal rainfall of 159 mm. According to the Meteorological Department, there is a possibility of more than normal rainfall during the monsoon season.