Heavy September rains ensure normal monsoon for third straight year

Heavy September rains ensure normal monsoon for third straight year

India’s 2021 monsoon season officially came to an end on Thursday, marking a third consecutive year of normal summer rains and setting the stage for another year of record-high kharif crop production. Strong precipitation in September almost made up for the patchy performance in end July and most of August, the official forecaster said. The … Read more

Trend suggests start of strong monsoons era

Trend suggests start of strong monsoons era

New Delhi: India has seen two consecutive years of strong rainfall after decades, which seems to suggest the start of an era of strong monsoons, the country’s top meteorologists said. The monsoon alternated between weak and strong phases in the last several decades. It has been in a weak phase since the 1970s but rainfall … Read more