Page 3 - Monsoon In India

Climatic conditions do not indicate a difficult monsoon in 2018, says IMD

IMD's latest summer update had indicated the favourable La Nina weather condition was likely to moderate till spring and start weakening thereafter

Is India staring at below-average monsoon? US-based forecaster says so

Indian monsoon rains, which occur from June to September, were 95 per cent of the long-term average last year compared with the IMD's forecast of 98 per cent.

Monsoon woes: 5% rain deficit impacts over one-fourth of country, says IMD

Met dept expects situation to improve during June-Sept period in 2017

Monsoon wreaks havoc; erratic rain may impact 2-mn hectare crop area

Infamous for its vagaries, the southwest monsoon has created two contrasting water situations causing distress in several parts of the country. In the first two months of its four-month of journey, the monsoon has brought in surplus rains in some parts and scanty showers in some others. The rains have wreaked havoc in parts of Gujarat, Rajasthan, West Bengal and Assam leading to loss of life, property and standing crops. At the same time, parts of Karnataka, Kerala, Tamil Nadu and Maharashtra have got inadequate rains, aggravating already prevailing drought-like conditions there.Data from the India Meteorological Department (IMD) showed that from June 1 to July 27, the southwest monsoon was over 62 per cent surplus in most of Gujarat on an average, almost 55 per cent surplus over Rajasthan, 5 per cent excess in West Bengal, while it was 20 per cent deficient over Karnataka, 19 per cent short in Tamil Nadu and 28 per cent less in Kerala.Ironically, it is 10 per cent deficient in Assam

Monsoon picks up pace, weekly rainfall up by 11%: IMD

The southwest monsoon showed strong signs of revival across parts of the country with the week ending July 19 recording 11 per cent excess rainfall.According to the latest weather update by the India Meteorological Department (IMD), India received 75.3 millimeters of rainfall from July 12 to July 19 which was 11 per cent more than normal of 67.6 millimeters. The surplus showers which was largely concentrated in Central and Western parts of the country pushed the overall average into the positive territory and the cumulative average for the whole season as on July 19 was 1 per cent more than normal. Till last week it was a percent below normal.The revival should boost planting of oilseed crops mainly soybean and groundnut in Madhya Pradesh, Gujarat and Rajasthan.The break in showers from end June had pulled back the pace of sowing of some kharif crops particularly soybean and groundnut.Data furnished by the department of agriculture showed that till July 14, 2017, the area under ...

Monsoon might make strong comeback over Central India this week

The southwest monsoon, less than satisfactory over parts of central India, where most of the oilseeds and pulses are grown, is expected to make a strong comeback in the coming few days.However, the southern region might have to wait a little longer for getting heavy rain. India Meteorological Department (IMD), says rain over central India during the first 40 days of the four-month southwest monsoon that started from June 1 has been around eight per cent below normal. Triggering fear of an adverse impact on the standing pulses, oilseeds and cotton crops. Over southern peninsular India, rainfall was nine per cent less than the average from June 1 to July 11. Overall, across the country, the southwest monsoon has been one per cent below normal from June 1 to July 11, at 259.6 mm.In the four-month season, July and August are the critical periods for getting good farm output, as this is the time of highest rain.The weather office said the situation might turn for central India in the next .