Rainfall can be 96 per cent to 104 per cent of the Lengthy Interval Common (LPA) of 87 cm of the 1971-2020 interval
New Delhi: India is more likely to witness regular rainfall through the southwest monsoon season this 12 months, the India Meteorological Division mentioned on Thursday.
Rainfall can be 96 per cent to 104 per cent of the Lengthy Interval Common (LPA) of 87 cm of the 1971-2020 interval, it famous.
Earlier, the IMD used to think about the LPA of 88cm of the 1961-2010 interval.
“All-India rainfall regular based mostly on 1971-2020 (interval) for the southwest monsoon season is 868.6 mm. It can exchange the traditional of 880.6mm based mostly on 1961-2010,” it mentioned.
Regular to above-normal rainfall is more than likely over many areas within the northern a part of peninsular India, central India, alongside the foothills of the Himalayas and a few elements of northwest India.
Beneath regular rainfall is probably going over many elements of northeast India, some elements of northwest India and southern elements of the southern peninsula.
In 2021, the nation obtained “regular” rainfall through the four-month southwest monsoon season from June to September.
It was the third consecutive 12 months that the nation recorded rainfall within the regular or above-normal class. Rainfall was above regular in 2019 and 2020.
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