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States » NorthPosted at: Feb 1 2021 7:05PM


Shimla bereft of snowfall in Jan, first time in 11 yrs

The IMD Shimla incharge Manmohan Singh said Manali, too, got no snowfall
this January after a gap of three years and the total monthly precipitation in the state was deficient by 58
percent.
Last year, Shimla received 97 centimetres of snow and the last time the town saw no snow in January
was in 2010, the weather report said.
This winter, snowfall occurred in Shimla only once on the night of December 27, when the town recorded
nine centimetres of snow.
The state received around 38 millimetres of rain or snow this January in two spells, with all twelve districts recording a deficit rainfall.
The deficiency was the highest in the districts of Solan (65 percent), Shimla (65 percent), Bilaspur (66 percent) and Mandi (73 percent).
The two spells of precipitation occurred from January 2 to 7 and on January 24, when places such as Kalpa, Gondla, Kothi, Bharmaur, Khadrala and Keylong received a significant amount of snow. Kalpa and Keylong received 106 cm and 62 cm snow respectively this month.
The state attracts thousands of tourists during the winter season to enjoy the snowfall, however , due to fast thickening of snow and lack of snowfall tourists are dismayed this year. There are very few chances of snowfall in the coming days in the rest of winter season, however, Met Office forecasts more rain or snowfall in few places .
Among the places which received a significant amount of rain were Ghumarwin, Manali, Dehra Gopipur and Dalhousie.
Deficiency in winter rain/snow in Himachal is usually believed to portend water shortage during summer, when water sources in the state start drying up. Inadequate snowfall also affects the apple crops, which requires a certain minimum number of chilling hours during the winter.
In December, too, the total rain or snowfall in the state was 22 percent less than normal, while in November, it was 112 percent above normal, according to the meteorological centre.
Agriculture experts says that lack of rainfall in the foothills and in mid hills likely impacted the growing Rabi crops as the sowing was already delayed due to prolonged dry spell before the winter. The lack of snow and rain also affected the agriculture and horticulture activities as apple growers could not achieve the sufficient chilling hours and sufficient moisture content in the soil.
Delayed rain or snowfall also affected the fertilization of orchards in the high reaches as farmers used fertilizers and other nutrients in the apple crops with good spell of rain or snowfall. Moreover, Snow is considered white manure for quality apples and other pome fruits will elude the farmers this year.
The good spell of snowfall and followed by timely rain or snow also have a positive effect on the productivity of the orchards which is likely to suffer this year.
The erratic rain or snowfall after the normal course of winter is considered harmful to the crops as it hampers pollination after the sudden drop of temperature and frost formation.
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