Cyclone Tauktae brings unusually heavy May showers to Rajasthan

JAIPUR: Cyclone Tauktae brought heavy to very heavy rainfall in several districts of the state. Many districts in the state had a total rainfall of 200mm and above which is not seen even during full monsoon season. However, Jaipur Met office stated that on Thursday its impact and presence was almost negligible in the state.

According to the Jaipur Met office, many places in the state including Udaipur, Dungarpur, Banswara, Kota, Jhalawar and Bundi had received rainfall varying from 100mm to 200mm in the past three days due to cyclone Tauktae’s impact state. Due to continuous rainfall across the state mercury took a dip of almost 7 notches in day and night temperatures.
“It drizzled throughout the day at many places which is quite unusual even during monsoon season. We have had heavy to very heavy rainfall in many districts in the state,” said an officer with the Jaipur Met office.
Such was its impact that people had to switch off their air-conditioners and fans from Monday to Wednesday when the cyclone brought heavy to very heavy rainfall. On Thursday people in the state witnessed bright sunny day when the cloud cover vanished from almost every part of the state except a few districts including Dholpur, Bharatpur, Sawai Madhopur, Alwar and Sikar.
“If we see normal rainfall which is seen from March 1 to May 20 which is a non-monsoon period we have 14.5mm as normal rainfall. But due to the Tauktae impact we had an average rainfall of 42.2mm,” said a Met official. In its forecast Jaipur Met office stated that mercury will take an upward swing in the state while some places are likely to get partially cloudy sky.