The four-month monsoon season came to an end on Tuesday with the country recording eight per cent more than normal rainfall, the India Meteorological Department said.
IMD chief Mrutyunjay Mohapatra said that the country saw a “very successful” monsoon season though it was marked by many disasters, including cloudburst, landslides and mudslides.
India recorded 937.2 mm of rainfall against the normal of 868.6 mm in the entire four-month monsoon season, a surplus of 8 per cent.
East and northeast India recorded 1089.9 mm of rainfall, 20 per cent below the normal of 1367.3 mm.
Bihar, Arunachal Pradesh, Assam and Meghalaya saw deficient rainfall in three of the four monsoon months, Mohapatra said.
“Rainfall over east and northeast India this monsoon season was the second lowest since 1901. The lowest rainfall (1065.7 mm) in the monsoon season in the region was recorded in 2013,” Mohapatra said during an online press conference.
“Rainfall over east and northeast India has been deficien​The four-month monsoon season came to an end on Tuesday with the country recording eight per cent more than normal rainfall, the India Meteorological Department said.
IMD chief Mrutyunjay Mohapatra said that the country saw a “very successful” monsoon season though it was marked by many disasters, including cloudburst, landslides and mudslides.
India recorded 937.2 mm of rainfall against the normal of 868.6 mm in the entire four-month monsoon season, a surplus of 8 per cent.
East and northeast India recorded 1089.9 mm of rainfall, 20 per cent below the normal of 1367.3 mm.
Bihar, Arunachal Pradesh, Assam and Meghalaya saw deficient rainfall in three of the four monsoon months, Mohapatra said.
“Rainfall over east and northeast India this monsoon season was the second lowest since 1901. The lowest rainfall (1065.7 mm) in the monsoon season in the region was recorded in 2013,” Mohapatra said during an online press conference.
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