New Delhi : The southwest monsoon is expected to start withdrawing towards the end of this month, nearly a month behind schedule, the weather office said on Friday. Monsoon normally begins to withdraw from September 1.
New Delhi : The southwest monsoon is expected to start withdrawing towards the end of this month, nearly a month behind schedule, the weather office said on Friday. Monsoon normally begins to withdraw from September 1.
This year's delayed withdrawal is likely to help the country avoid a drought situation, even as countrywide rainfall is hovering on borderline drought conditions, measuring 10% below normal levels since the beginning of the monsoon season.
“Withdrawal of southwest monsoon is likely to commence from parts of northwest India towards the end of September,” the India Meteorological Department (IMD) said in a weather forecast.
After making a strong start with an early arrival on May 29, the southwest monsoon season has been rife with anomalies this year.
A 12-day hiatus in the circulation of monsoon currents in June sent the rainfall figures dwindling, while agriculturally crucial months of July and August also recorded below normal rains.
ET reported on September 19 that the southwest monsoon this year could see an exception of recording below normal rains in all the months of June to September monsoon season, an event recorded after 14 years.
This year's delayed withdrawal is likely to help the country avoid a drought situation, even as countrywide rainfall is hovering on borderline drought conditions, measuring 10% below normal levels since the beginning of the monsoon season.
“Withdrawal of southwest monsoon is likely to commence from parts of northwest India towards the end of September,” the India Meteorological Department (IMD) said in a weather forecast.
After making a strong start with an early arrival on May 29, the southwest monsoon season has been rife with anomalies this year.
A 12-day hiatus in the circulation of monsoon currents in June sent the rainfall figures dwindling, while agriculturally crucial months of July and August also recorded below normal rains.
ET reported on September 19 that the southwest monsoon this year could see an exception of recording below normal rains in all the months of June to September monsoon season, an event recorded after 14 years.