‘In June, India records below-normal rainfall’
   Date :02-Jul-2024

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NEW DELHI,
 
 
INDIA recorded below-normal rainfall in June, with the deficit standing at 11 per cent, the highest in five years, the India Meteorological Department said on Monday. According to the IMD data, the country received 147.2 mm of rainfall against a normal of 165.3 mm for the month, the seventh lowest since 2001. June rainfall accounts for 15 per cent of the total precipitation of 87 cm recorded during the four-month monsoon season in the country. After making an early onset over Kerala and the north-eastern region on May 30, and progressing normally up to Maharashtra, the monsoon lost momentum, extending the wait for rains in West Bengal, Odisha, Jharkhand, Bihar, Chhattisgarh, Madhya Pradesh, and Uttar Pradesh, and worsening the impact of a scorching heat wave in northwest India.
 
IMD predicts above-normal rainfall in July: India could experience above-normal rainfall in July, with heavy rains potentially leading to floods in the western Himalayan States and river basins in the central parts of the country, the IMD said on Monday. The IMD anticipates fewer floods in North-East India amid a prediction of below-normal rainfall in the region. Addressing a virtual press conference, IMD chief Mrutyunjay Mohapatra said July rainfall averaged over the country as a whole is most likely to be above normal -- more than 106 per cent of the long-period average of 28.04 cm.