Southwest monsoon has withdrawn from India, says IMD

In a significant shift in Indiarsquos weather patterns the Southwest Monsoon has officially withdrawn from the entire country on Tuesday the Indian Meteorological Department IMD saidIn a statement the IMD said that the southwest monsoon has withdrawn from the entire country on 15th October 2024 Simultaneously the Northeast Monsoon rainfall activity has commenced over the south peninsular India on Tuesday in association with following features A Well Marked Low Pressure Area lies over central part of south Bay of Bengal Easterly and northeasterly winds setin over southern peninsular India south amp adjoining central Bay of Bengal and extends upto middle tropospheric levels Fairly widespread to widespread light to moderate rainfall occurred with isolated Heavy to very Heavy rainfall observed over Tamil Nadu and Puducherry Coastal Andhra Pradesh Rayalaseema and KeralaEarlier this month the southwest monsoon which led to above normal rainfall in most parts of the country has withdrawn from Delhi on Wednesday the PTI has earlier reportedUsually the monsoon starts retreating from northwest India by September 17 and withdraws from Delhi within a weekThe southwest monsoon has further withdrawn from Jammu and Kashmir Ladakh Himachal Pradesh Uttarakhand Punjab Haryana Delhi some parts of west Uttar Pradesh west Madhya Pradesh and east Rajasthan and some more parts of west Rajasthan the Indian Meteorological Department IMD had earlier said in a statement on October 2 according to the PTIThe news agency reported IMD Director General Mrutyunjay Mohapatra said during a virtual press conference on Tuesday that more and intense lowpressure systems especially in August and September resulted in 8 per cent more rainfall than usual in India during the 2024 monsoon seasonThe southwest monsoon season officially ended on Monday with the country recording 9348 mm of rainfall compared to the normal 8686 mm the highest since 2020Delhi recorded 10299 mm of rainfall against a normal of 6403 mm in the 2024 monsoon seasonAccording to IMD data 13 deaths were reported in the national capital due to floods and heavy rainIMD data showed that 14 lowpressure systems impacted the country this monsoon compared to the average of 13 These systems were active for a total of 69 days against the normal 55 daysOut of these 14 systems five strengthened into depressions or deep depressions and one became a cyclonic stormwith PTI inputs