NEW DELHI: The countrywide monsoon saw the highest rain deficiency of the season in August — ironically the month when a large part of Kerala was submerged and many other states received “excess” rainfall, as per the official IMD data.
In the third consecutive month of rainfall deficiency, August recorded 92 per cent of rainfall of the Long Period Average (LPA) after 95 per cent in June and 94 per cent in July, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) data showed.
The IMD officials blamed the low nationwide figures for monsoon rains largely on deficient rainfall in east and northeast India.
Officially, the Southwest Monsoon season runs from June to September. From September 15, it usually starts withdrawing from Rajasthan and ends gradually.
Incidentally, it was the month of August when Kerala saw an unprecedent rainfall activity submerging several parts of the State, resulting in a major crisis situation.
According to the IMD, Kerala received “large excess” rainfall while the meteorological subdivisions of coastal Karnataka, south interior Karnataka, Telangana, coastal Andhra Pradesh and Jammu Kashmir received “excess” rainfall. (AGENCIES)
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