Monthly rainfall over India most likely to be below normal in Sep: IMD

August 31, 2026 6:51 PM

Monthly rainfall over India most likely to be below normal in Sep: IMD

Monthly rainfall over India as a whole during September is most likely to be below normal, the India Meteorological Department said in its monthly forecast on Monday. The weather department said that the rainfall is expected to be below 91 per cent of the long-period average (LPA). LPA refers to the rainfall recorded over a particular region for a given period, such as a month or a season, averaged over a long period, typically 30 to 50 years. For September, the LPA is about 167.9 mm based on...

Monsoon likely to be above normal this year, says IMD’s Long Range Forecast

April 16, 2025 9:00 AM

Monsoon likely to be above normal this year, says IMD’s Long Range Forecast

The seasonal rainfall during the Southwest Monsoon (June to September) over the country as a whole this year is most likely to be above normal, at over 104 per cent of the Long Period Average (LPA), the India Meteorological Department (IMD) announced on Tuesday. Quantitatively, the seasonal rainfall over the country as a whole, based on both dynamical and statistical models, is likely to be 105 per cent of LPA, with a model error of plus/minus 5 per cent, the IMD said, as per an Earth Sciences ...