New Delhi, Sep. 30 (PTI): The country received above normal monsoon during the four-month rainfall season for the second consecutive year, recording the third highest precipitation in the last 30 years, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) said on Wednesday.
The country received 109 per cent rainfall of the Long Period Average (LPA) with three of four months — June (118 per cent), August (127 per cent) and September (104 per cent) — witnessing above normal rainfall, while July recorded (90 per cent) deficient rainfall.
“Quantitatively, the 2020 monsoon seasonal rainfall during 1 June to 30 September 2020 has been 95.4 centimetres against long period average of 87.7 cm based on data of 1961-2010 (109 per cent of its LPA),” R K Jenamani, scientist with the IMD’s National Weather Forecasting Centre (NWFC) said.
The monsoon season in India officially starts on June 1 and lasts till September 30.
The IMD has four meteorological divisions. Of the four, the east and northeast India, central India and south India have received above normal rainfall. The northwest India division has recorded deficient rainfall.
Nagaland, Manipur, Mizoram, Tripura, Uttarakhand, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu and Kashmir have recorded deficiency. Ladakh has recorded large deficiency. Delhi has also received deficient rainfall.
