Himachal Pradesh receives ninth lowest rainfall in January since 1901

With 13.3 mm mean rainfall recorded from January 1 to February 1 against a mean of 85.3 mm, Himachal Pradesh received its ninth lowest rainfall successful the archetypal period of the calendar twelvemonth since 1901, the section meteorological section said.
The lowest ever January rainfall of 0.3 mm was recorded successful 1966, followed by 6.8 mm successful 2024, and 9 mm successful 2018.

The rainfall shortage was 84 per cent, the MeT section said.

All 12 districts of the authorities received shortage rainfall successful January, ranging betwixt 76 per cent successful Kullu territory and 95 per cent successful Hamirpur and Una districts.

Lahaul-Spiti territory received 77 per cent little rain, followed by Solan and Kinnaur astatine 93 per cent, Chamba 88 per cent, Mandi 85 per cent, Shimla 82 per cent and Sirmaur 80 per cent, the upwind bureau said.

The authorities received isolated to reasonably wide rainfall successful January with anemic enactment connected galore days and mean enactment connected 3 days -- January 12, 16 and 17.

The highest single-day rainfall of 23.5 mm was recorded astatine Pandoh successful Mandi territory connected January 7, followed by 18.1 mm astatine Sarahan successful Shimla territory connected January 12.

Koksar successful Lahaul-Spiti territory received the heaviest snowfall astatine 19 cm connected January 17, followed by Bharmour successful Chamba territory astatine 15.3 cm connected January 16, and Hansa successful Lahaul-Spiti territory astatine 15 cm connected January 20.

The MeT section has predicted airy precipitation astatine isolated places connected Monday, airy to mean information astatine a fewer places connected February 4-5, and adust upwind connected February 6-7.