Himachal Pradesh received 39 per cent excess rains during the monsoon season from June 1 to September 30. The state recorded 1,022.5 mm of rainfall against the normal rainfall of 734.4 mm, the MeT office here said on Wednesday.

Excessive rains wreaked havoc in the hill state, which suffered losses to the tune of more than Rs 4,881 crore. The state witnessed 47 cloudbursts, 98 flash floods and 148 major landslides this monsoon, while 454 persons died in such incidents.

The southwest monsoon entered the Himalayan state on June 20 and withdrew on September 26, a report issued by the meteorological centre here said.

In the last 29 years, the earliest onset of the southwest monsoon was on June 9, 2000 and the most-delayed arrival was on July 5, 2010. The earliest withdrawal was on September

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