What’s next after monsoon's arrival in Kerala

The progress of this year’s monsoon is likely to be delayed in some parts of India

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Kashmir, Punjab, Haryana and Delhi among the states bracing for hotter summer this year

Normal heat wave-like conditions will prevail over the country’s core heat wave zone, which includes northern and central India

Take note: there is 44% probability of below-normal monsoon this year

Although IMD predicts normal rain in 2018, there is 44 per cent probability of deficient or below normal monsoon

Live storage at 62% of capacity in monsoon’s third month

However, storage levels are not uniform across the country

Repeated multi-year droughts hit India over last 1,000 years, water policies need reassessment: Study

Southwest monsoon could switch into a drought-prone mode, lasting decades in the future

Analysis of Himalayan tree rings shows decline in summer monsoon for the last 180 years

Tree rings have commonly been used to reconstruct past environmental and climatic conditions in the absence of direct observation

To save Tamil Nadu from water crisis, prevent deforestation in Western Ghats: study

The effect of deforestation is felt more during deficit years than monsoon surplus years

Madhya Pradesh farmers were craving rain; now they fear too much of it

Rainfall status yo-yos from 23% deficit to 20% excess in a month

Be prepared for spike in food prices, if distribution of monsoon remains uneven this year

Spatial distribution of rainfall is one of the factors ensuring healthy agriculutral production that keeps food inflation under control

Indian monsoon has intensified since 2002; trend will persist in coming years: study

The heightened monsoon activity has reversed a 50-year drying period during which monsoon season brought relatively little rain  

An unjustified progress of the monsoon

People are confused over the monsoon’s arrival declared by the India Meteorological Department   

How climate change led to migration of Indus valley people towards Ganga basin

Vedic civilisation also declined due to a weak monsoon period in the Indus region, claims new study

Three-fold increase in extreme rain events over central India: study

Widespread extreme rain events have increased during the 66-year period between 1950 and 2015

Study establishes link between monsoon and dust particles

The Indian agricultural scenario is linked to monsoon as most farmers depend on the rains for cultivation in the absence of irrigation

Monsoon 2022 may be early, but will it be evenly spread

No established link about that, say scientists; but farmers and the government must be prepared

El Niño not solely responsible for poor monsoon

This season, parts of India witnessed one of the driest monsoon spells

Monsoon coming sooner to India, courtesy cyclones Asani and Karim

The cyclones will likely act as a counter mechanism to global warming, which has been often pushing back the monsoon in the country during recent …

South Asia’s monsoon rains will intensify due to increase in CO2: Study

This is in line with climate model predictions that rising CO2 and higher global temperatures will lead to stronger monsoon seasons

Record number of low pressure systems a cause of August floods

Even though they account for 44 per cent of monsoon rainfall, these systems and their counting is not completely understood

Normal summer monsoon expected in 2018 as El Nino-like situation unlikely: IMD

While the absence of El Nino means no negative impact on Indian monsoon, the fact that La Nina will weaken after June eliminates chances of above-…

The great Indian monsoon and its friends

A look at the association between the southwest monsoon and its companions

Third-longest monsoonal break in this century has ended

Core monsoon saw suppressed rainfall, trough to shift again towards the Himalayan foothills early next week  

Climate atlas finds summers, winters in India to get warmer, Kharif season to see more rainfall

Report by thinktank presents historical trends from 1990–2019 and projects future ones 

Bihar faces drought-like situation again, farmers prepare to migrate for work

11 districts in state were pronounced drought-hit in 2022; Kharif paddy sowing hit this year too