The capital city of West Bengal, Kolkata, is subject to the monsoon season, which typically occurs from April to June. Kolkata is characterised by a tropical wet and dry climate, and the monsoon season is characterised by torrential rains and dusty squalls, followed by thunderstorms and hailstorms that provide a respite from the oppressive humidity. The city of Kolkata receives the longest rainfall, continuously spanning over eight hours on the last day. On Wednesday, the rainfall produced 40 mm of rainfall which covered over 15% of this month’s normal record.
Prior to this, The IMD has issued an Orange alert for the northern and southern regions of West Bengal on Wednesday. The IMD has predicted continuous rains in the state between June 28 and July 2.
According to the press note, the IMD has predicted an increase in rainfall and storm activity with lightning over the districts of north and south Bengal until 2 July 2024.
The Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) said that the increased rainfall and thunderstorms are likely to be attributed to the shifting of monsoon trough to north Bengal and intense moisture flow from Bay of Bengal. The IMD has also declared an orange alert for a number of districts in West Bengal. These districts include Cooch Behar and Jalpaiguri districts, as well as the state of Uttar Pradesh.
Rainfall Report of Meteorological Department: Kolkata
Typically, the report of June 28 records about 263.3 mm every year. Until this Wednesday the state recorded a 39.8 % shortfall. However, instead of a shortage the rainfall continues till Wednesday the whole day. Wednesday whole day rainfall compensate the shortage that occurred in the report, it catched up the deficiency easily, with 15% increment.
The Alipore weather station recorded 40 mm on Wednesday and other parts of South Kolkata also recorded higher amounts of rainfall on the last day. The places are mentioned as, Joka received 110 mm and Kamdahari in Garia received 111 mm . This is possibly one of the highest in any local areas in an entire day.Â
According to the reports, the North Kolkata region did not get a sufficient amount of rainfall yet. G K Das, the director of Regional Meteorological Centre( RMC) said that ,” the clouding
was more significantly gathered in the South region of the Bengal which slided down on the districts of South Bengal”.
Going by the words of G K Das this rainfall is going to be continued till another two days in those regions. On average it is been calculated to get 20 mm rain each day along with lighting and sounds. He also shared that due to the heavy rainfall of Wednesday with lighting the caution has been circulated related to be inside the home and not move out if not necessary.
