Page 4 - Monsoon Rainfall

June monsoon rains 8% below average, says weather department

India received 8% lower rainfall than average in June because of scanty rainfall in the central parts of the country, the state-run weather office said on Thursday.

Traffic snarls, waterlogging in Delhi as city receives first monsoon rain

The Delhi Traffic Police, through a tweet, asked commuters to plan their journey accordingly

IMD predicts heavy to very heavy rainfall in most parts of India for 3 days

According to the Indian Meteorological Department, here is a breakdown of what each state can expect on the weather front today, June 30, 2022

Inflation: Dal gets pricey, thanks to patchy monsoon in main growing states

Prices of tur and urad have risen in the last few days over fears that scanty rain could have an impact on the kharif harvest

Nine states, one UT in red due to monsoon rainfall deficit, says IMD

Due to absence of supportive system, the monsoon progress has been slower than expected apart from sending several areas worrying about shortfall in rainfall

Jharkhand records 44% monsoon rain deficit; 7 districts face 60% shortfall

The state has received 74.6 mm rainfall from June 1-24 against the normal rainfall of 132.2 mm during the period

Firm cotton prices to keep yarn-spinning stocks in check: Analysts

Analysts expect that the inflated cotton prices will continue to haunt small-sized yarn spinners during the first half of FY23 (H1-FY23). However, a good monsoon season can paint a different story

Record for Cherrapunji: 972 mm rainfall in a day, 3rd highest in 122 years

Just two days after recording 811.6 mm of rainfall, Cherrapunji in Meghalaya received a bountiful 972 mm of precipitation in 24 hours, the highest in June and the third highest in 122 years, IMD said

Crop-nourishing monsoon rains likely to pick up steam by mid-June: IMD

"As per our extended range forecast, rainfall activity is likely to increase by June 15," Mrutyunjay Mohapatra, director general of the IMD, told Reuters in an interview

Monsoon rains 37% below normal in first week of June, shows IMD data

Between June 1-7, India has received 14.5 mm of rain as against a normal of 23.1 mm; huge shortfall in Kerala, Puducherry; North-East gets adequate rainfall

CM visits rain-affected Bengaluru areas, announces steps to fix woes

Development of valleys, desilting of drains, removing of bottlenecks and encroachment, increasing the number and capacity of STPs cross the city are some of the measures announced by the CM

Kolkata, adjoining areas likely to receive intense rainfall today: IMD

Earlier on Saturday director of IMD Kolkata GK Das informed that the cyclonic storm Gulab is likely to reach the West Bengal coast around September 29.

Delhi: Rainfall this season so far highest since 1964; more in store

The bounteous monsoon this year has already dumped 1159.4 mm of rainfall in Delhi till Thursday afternoon, the highest since 1964 and the third-highest ever, according to IMD data

India's cotton production to fall by 1% due to lackluster rainfall: Fitch

Fitch Solutions said on Tuesday it expects cotton production in India to fall by one per cent year-on-year to 28.3 million 480lb bales in 2021-22

Rain batters Odisha as Bhubaneswar, Puri receive record rainfall

Bhubaneswar received 195 mm rainfall in 24 hours, breaking a 63-year-old record, as rain clobbered large parts of the state and prompted authorities to issue a flood alert, officials said on Monday.

Rainfall so far this monsoon season highest in 46 years in Delhi

A highly unusual monsoon season this year has yielded 1,100 mm of rainfall in Delhi so far, the highest in 46 years

August rainfall at 19-year low; Delhi sees best season in 11 years

This is the first time since 2010 that rainfall in Delhi breached the 1,000-mm mark during the monsoon season

At 24% deficiency, rainfall recorded in August lowest in 19 years: IMD

Rainfall in August, which recorded 24 percent deficiency, was lowest in 19 years, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) said on Friday. Two major spells of weak monsoon prevailed over the country -- from August 9-16 and August 23-27 -- when northwest, central and adjoining peninsular and west coast of India had subdued rainfall activities. During August 2021, rainfall over the country as a whole was below Long Period Average (LPA) by minus 24 percent. It is also lowest August rainfall in last 19 years, since 2002, the IMD said. The Southwest Monsoon season officially commences from June 1 and lasts till September 30. The month of June recorded 10 percent more rainfall, but both July and August clocked deficiency of seven and 24 percent respectively, according to the IMD data. The country received 24 percent less than normal rainfall in August. Of the four meteorological divisions of the IMD, the central India division received 39 percent less. The division consists of a large .

August 24% deficient, but IMD says above normal rainfall likely in Sept

The country received 24 per cent less than normal rainfall in August, a vast deviation from the IMD's predictions for the month, but latest forecasts say it is expected to be above normal in September

Patchy rains impact sowing of kharif crops and reservoir levels

Erratic rains have impacted sowing of kharif crops and unless the monsoon revives quickly, it could have an impact on the final yields, particularly of the crops that were sown late