New Delhi:
The India Meteorological Department (IMD) said on Sunday that the South -Western monsoon is likely to reach Kerala on 27 May.
If the monsoon arrives in Kerala as expected, it will start first on the Indian mainland since 2009, when it began on 23 May, according to the IMD data.
The arrival of the main rainfall on Indian mainland is officially declared when it reaches Kerala, usually around 1 June.
The monsoon usually covers the entire country till 8 July. It starts withdrawing from Northwest India around 17 September and is completed by 15 October.
The monsoon set up the southern state on 30 May last year; 8 June in 2023; 29 May in 2022; 3 June in 2021; 1 June in 2020; 8 June in 2019; And 29 May in 2018.
An IMD official said that there is no direct connection between the start of the start during the season and the total rainfall in the country.
“An early or late monsoon in Kerala does not mean that it will cover other parts of the country accordingly.
In April, IMD forecasts the common cumulative rainfall during the 2025 monsoon season, which fulfills the possibility of El Nino conditions, which are associated with normal rainfall in the Indian subcontinent.
M Ravichandran, secretary of the Ministry of Earth Sciences M Ravichandran said, “The four -month monsoon season (June to September) is likely to look at the normal rainfall, the cumulative rainfall estimate an average of 87 cm average of 87 cm,” M Ravichandran, Secretary in the Ministry of Earth Sciences, said the average of 87 cm.
According to IMD, rainfall between 96 percent of an average of 50 years of 87 cm and 104 percent is considered ‘normal’.
Less than 90 percent of the long -term average is considered a ‘decrease’; Between 90 percent and 95 percent is ‘below normal’; Between 105 percent and 110 percent is ‘above normal’; And more than 110 percent is considered ‘extra’ rainfall.
The monsoon is important for the agricultural sector of India, which supports livelihood of about 42.3 percent of the population and contributes 18.2 percent to the country’s GDP. It is also important to recreate important reservoirs for drinking water and power generation across the country.
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