According to sources the 2024 southwest monsoon season officially ended on Monday, with india recording 934.8 mm rainfall, 108 per cent of the long period average and the highest since 2020, according to india Meteorological Department data. Central india received 19 per cent more rainfall than the long period average for the region, the southern peninsula recorded 14 per cent more than normal, and northwest india saw 7 per cent more than usual.
Perhaps east and northeast india registered 14 per cent less rainfall than normal, the data showed. The country experienced a rainfall deficit of 11 per cent in June, followed by an excess of 9 per cent in July, 15.7 per cent in August, and 10.6 per cent in September. Meanwhile India’s geographical area is divided into 36 meteorological subdivisions. Twenty one subdivisions recorded normal rainfall, 10 saw excess rainfall, and two experienced large excess rainfall.
Moreover the monsoon is critical for India’s agricultural sector, with 52 per cent of the net cultivated area dependent on it and further this primary rain bearing system is also essential for replenishing reservoirs that provide drinking water and support power generation across the country.
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