July month most wet after 16 yrs HP records six pc excess monsoon rain
This month ending today witnessed the record rainfall after gap of sixteen years as statesaw about six percent excess monsoon rain which took as many as 211 lives and loss to property tunes to Rs 632.48 Crore in the state .
Releasing monthly weather report for July-2021 here today Shimla Met Office said that state recordedaccumulated 289.1 mm rain from July 1 to July 31 in the state compared to 273 mm normal rainin the state. State recorded six pc excess to the normal rain and not deficient after gap of 16 years.
In last twenty years Met Office said that state had highest rainfall in the month of July 2005 recorded 309.3 mm rain( excess by seven pc)
District Kullu received highest 90 pc excess rainfall as it had 327.6 mm rain in the month of Jul 2021 \compared to 172.7 mm normal.
Kangra had 32 pc excess rain as district recorded 759.7 mm rain that of 577.7 mm normal followed by Hamirpurhave 25 pc excess rain district recorded 441.6 mm rain that of 352.9 mm nomral \
Bilaspur, Kinnaur, Mandi, Shimla, Sirmaur, Una & Solan received normal rainfall, Chamba & Lahaul-Spiti received deficient rainfall.
State recorded highest maximum temperature of 42.50 degrees at Una on July 09, 2021
State had eight major spell of rainfall in month as it recorded widespread rainfall on July 3 as Naina(Bilaspur) 66.4mm, Bangana (Una ) 41. mm,
Berthin :35 mm and Bilaspur 37.mm
Fairly wide spread on July 11 as Naina Devi (Bilaspur) had 180.6 mm, Renuka(Sirmaur)155 mm, Jatton Barrage(Sirmaur) 148.7 mm, Nahan(Sirmaur) 119.2 mm ,Bharari (Hamirpur) 104 mm 119Hamirpur 98 mm and Kasauli(Solan):63.7 mm.
On July 12 state wide spread rain as Dharamshala (Kangra) 303 mm( 184 mm and 119 mm) , Palampur 172 mm,Baijnath(kangra):105.0 mm,Jogindernagar(Mandi) 114.5 mm,Sarkaghat 70 mm,Narkanda (Shimla) 69.5mm, Kasauli (Solan) 67.9 mm
On July 13 wide spread rain recorded at Shahpur (kangra) 264 mm,Dharamshala 229.6 mm, Palampur 210 mm, Nagrotansuriyan (Kangra) 154.4 mm and Kangra 148.5 mm, Paonta sahib(Sirmaur 136 mmJatton Barrage(Sirmaur) 135.2 mm. Kheri (Chamba) 95.8 mm
On july 19, wide spread rain Palampur 230 mm, Dehra- Gopipur 184.5 mm,Ghamroor 164.8 mm, Sujanpur-tira(Hamirpur) 156.4 mm, Berthin (Bilasapur) 134.4 mm Dharmshala 120 mm,Jogindernagar 112 mm
July 20 wide spread rain at Shahpur (Kangra) 81.5 mm, Dalhousie (Chamba) 77 mm, Nadaun(Hamirpur) 76.5 mm,Annu 74 mm, Kangra 69.2 mm,Dehragopipur 63 mm and Dharamshala 60.4 mm
July 28 wide spread rain at Nalagarh (Solan) 105.8 mm, Dharmshala 101.4 mm, Mandi93 mm, Jatton Barrage 93 mm, Renuka / Dadhau (Sirmaur) :90 mm
On Jul 30 wide spread rain at Mandi 98.5 mm, Sangraha(Sirmaur) 60 mm Bijahi(Mandi) 60 mm and Ponta-Sahib 47.4 mm.
Rainfall spell disaster on Jul 13th due to Heavy Rain and Landslide at various places in the Kangra district Kangra(Dharamshala, Shahpur, Bajnath) On 19th to -20th July due to heavy rain and landslide at various places in the district Chamba (Balogi) & Kangra (Dehra), On 25th July due to landslide at Batseri, Sangla in district KinnaurOn Jul 27th to 28 due to heavy rain or landslide at various places in the district Chamba, Kullu Lahaul-Spitiand on July 30th due to heavy rain and massive landslide at Ponta-Sahib blocking NH-707.
State recorded about 211 death during the monsoon out of which 12 could not be traced death toll including 108 due to rain related road accidents, 21 due to land slides nine due to cloudbursts and flash flood, 19 due to drowning, two due to fire seven due to snake bite four due electrocution and 17 due ot falling from roof and building and cliff and 13 due to various other reason.
438 animal died in the rain related incidents, 42 Pacca houses and 67 Kacha houses damaged in the rain64 pacca houses and 467 kacha damaged partly , 451 cowsheds and Eight shoops were damaged in the rain fury in the state.
