Page 6 - Southwest Monsoon

Why the temporal distribution of 2020 monsoon season is highly skewed

The phenomenon has caused a lot of problems, such as the spurt in food prices and disruption in supplies due to breakdown in the already Covid-19-battered transport in the hinterland

After dry July, monsoon surges in August, helping North and Central India

Stem fly hits MP soy crop in some parts; reports of crop submergence in Telangana, Karnataka

Monsoon enters Karnataka with widespread rain in coastal, central regions

The southwest monsoon entered the state on Thursday as predicted from Kerala and the Arabian Sea, says Karnataka State Natural Disaster Monitoring Centre Director Srinivas Reddy

Skymet announces arrival of monsoon over Kerala, but IMD differs

Skymet announces arrival of monsoon over Kerala, but IMD differs

A silver lining

Normal monsoon will support rural demand

A hat-trick of normal monsoons that missed Gujarat, Punjab and Haryana

Final DRIP scores for the season continued to highlight the strain in Gujarat, West Bengal, Bihar, Rajasthan, Andhra Pradesh and Maharashtra

Rains in North India lead to 'lodging' in paddy fields, may impact yield

Exact damage yet to be ascertained; IMD says monsoon may withdraw from Sept 29

Late southwest monsoon revival fuels hope of bumper kharif harvest

In oilseeds and pulses, the government is sitting on stock in excess of 5.5 million tonnes, which could also impact prices

Monsoon debate: Normal or sub-par rains? IMD, Skymet have different takes

Two leading weather forecasting agencies have come up with different views on the behaviour of southwest monsoon in the remainder of the season

40% rain-deficient, Bihar stares at drought; Nitish Kumar to take call soon

The Bihar chief minister is expected to chair a meeting of a crisis management cell around the end of this month when he might also declare Bihar as 'drought-hit'.

Monsoon covers whole country 17 days in advance, boost to kharif sowing

After a break, the southwest monsoon seems to have picked up pace now and has covered the entire country today, almost 17 days ahead of the schedule, the India Meteorological Department (IMD).The pick-up in rains should aid sowing of kharif crops, which till June 29 was almost 21.60 per cent less than last year mainly because of the break in showers from June 13 till June 26-27 in most of central, north and east India. The worst impacted has been sowing of pulses, oilseeds and cotton as the monsoon didn't reach Central and North India on time. The data showed that till June 29, oilseeds sowing has been around 44.03 per cent down as compared to same period last year, while pulses have been sown in around 41.08 per cent less area as compared to the same period last year. Coarse cereals planting has also been around 30 per cent less than till June 29 as compared to the same period last year.But, with pick up in monsoon rains, most experts said sowing will now pick up pace and cover the ..

Southwest monsoon has hit Kerala: Skymet

However, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) said monsoon would hit Kerala in the next 24 hours.

Monsoon distribution fairly satisfactory: IMD DG K J Ramesh

The southwest monsoon officially ended last week with a cumulative deficit of 5%

Southwest monsoon's retreat begins after three week's delay: IMD

Agriculturally important UP, MP, Haryana, Maharashtra, and Punjab received 20-30% shortfall in rain

Southwest monsoon may hit Maharashtra in next two days

Meanwhile, several parts of the state today witnessed pre-monsoon showers

Good news: Monsoon to be above normal, before schedule as El Niño weakens

Steady progress in June; north and central region to get good pre-showers

Did IMD get monsoon wrong, again?

Rains have been 5% below normal so far, but Met department sticks to its forecast

Monsoon set to cover India, deficit wiped off

The rains left only far-western parts of Rajasthan from its expanse

Good rains likely over north India from June 26: IMD

So far, in the southern Peninsula and northwest India, the southwest monsoon is around 15 per cent and three per cent above normal, respectively

Southwest monsoon continues to cover entire Karnataka

According to the Met department, Bengaluru recorded a maximum temperature of 25.9 Celsius on Tuesday