Monsoon rain 20 percent less than normal average in the first 18 days of the current month
19-Jun-2024 01:25 PM
New Delhi. Although this year the southwest monsoon reached Kerala on 30 May and its movement was good in the initial phase, it gradually decreased. Monsoon is still active in some parts of the country.
According to the Indian Meteorological Department (IMD), during June 1 to 18, 2024, monsoon rainfall at the national level was about 20 percent less than the normal average.
The long-term average of rainfall for the first 18 days has been estimated at 80.6 mm, while the total actual rainfall was only 64.5 mm.
According to the Meteorological Department, there was no significant progress in the rain-bearing system between June 12 and 18.
But now the situation is gradually becoming favorable for the monsoon to advance. Soon it may become active in many parts of Maharashtra, Chhattisgarh, Odisha, coastal Andhra Pradesh,
northwestern region of Bay of Bengal, Bihar and Jharkhand. According to the Meteorological Department, there is a possibility of good rainfall in these areas in the next 2-3 days.
In these initial 18 days, the maximum decrease in rainfall was recorded in northwestern India where it rained 70 percent less than the normal average.
Similarly, 31 percent less rainfall was recorded in central India and 15 percent less rainfall was recorded in eastern and northeastern states,
while on the other hand, the southern peninsula received 16 percent more rainfall than the normal average. The southwest monsoon reached the Nicobar Islands on May 19 and then moved forward with the Ramal sea cyclone and reached many other areas.
Finally, it entered Kerala on May 30 and on the same day, one end of it reached the northeastern states. By June 12, the monsoon covered Kerala, Karnataka,
Goa, Andhra Pradesh and Telangana. Apart from this, the monsoon became active in most areas of southern Maharashtra and some parts of southern Chhattisgarh and Delhi Odisha, some sub-Himalayan areas of West Bengal, Sikkim and all the northeastern states.
Thereafter its progress stopped and on 18 June its northern end was passing through Navsadi, Jalgaon, Amravati, Chandrapur, Bijapur, Sukma, Malkangiri and Vijayanagaram. During 11-18 June 11 meteorological subdivisions received normal to excess rainfall while 25 subdivisions recorded severe deficit of rainfall.