IMD expects monsoon rainfall to be normal this year

The India Meteorological Department (IMD) announced that it expects monsoon rainfall to be normal this year. IMD states in its first stage Long Range Forecast (LRF) for monsoons that the Southwest monsoon seasonal (June to September) rainfall over the country as a whole is likely to be normal (96-104%).

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The IMD also issued the ‘New Normal Dates of Onset/Progress and Withdrawal of Southwest Monsoon over India’. Monsoons are expected to hit Kerala’s Thiruvananthapuram on June 1.

In states like Maharashtra, Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh, Chattisgarh, Telegana, Andhra Pradesh, Odisha, Jharkhand, Bihar and parts of Uttar Pradesh, monsoon will be delayed by 3-7 days compared to the existing normal dates.