Rainfall recorded in August lowest in 19 years: IMD

Rainfall in August which recorded 24 per cent deficiency was the lowest in 19 years the India Meteorological Department IMD saidTwo major spells of weak monsoon prevailed over the country from August 916 and August 2327 when northwest central and adjoining peninsular and west coast of India had subdued rainfall activitiesDuring August 2021 rainfall over the country as a whole was below Long Period Average LPA by minus 24 per cent It is also lowest August rainfall in last 19 years since 2002 the IMD said The Southwest Monsoon season officially commences from June 1 and lasts till September 30 The month of June recorded 10 per cent more rainfall but both July and August clocked deficiency of seven and 24 per cent respectively according to the IMD dataThe country received 24 per cent less than normal rainfall in August Of the four meteorological divisions of the IMD the central India division received 39 per cent less The division consists of a large swathe of area from Maharashtra Gujarat Goa Madhya Pradesh Chhattisgarh and Odisha The deficiency in the northwest India division which comprises northern Indian states was 30 per centThe deficiency was 10 per cent in the south peninsula whereas the east and northeast division received two per cent more rainfall than normal The IMD had predicted that the rainfall activity was expected to be normal during August It has now predicted abovenormal precipitation in SeptemberThe weather forecasting agency said intraseasonal variation in terms of the week by week rainfall variation over India shows that monsoon rainfall activities were largely subdued consecutively for three weeks for the week ending on August 11 August 18 and August 25 when all India weekly cumulative rainfall for the country as a whole was 35 per cent 36 per cent and 21 per cent respectively below its Long Period Average LPAAlso Read Maharashtra Water reaches alert mark in Godavari river amid heavy rainsThe formation of less number of lowpressure systems PLS and their lesser number of days compared to the climatology and absence of their longer westward movements during the month of August 2021 contributed to the large deficient rainfall in central India as well as all India the IMD said It said negative Indian Ocean Dipole IOD over tropical Indian Ocean unfavourable for Indian monsoon prevailed throughout the month of the August which also contributed to deficient rainfall over India in the month A negative IOD is associated with the heating of waters of the Indian OceanThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever