Monsoon to hit Delhi from June 29 |
Monsoon will hit the national capital anytime between June 29 to July 1, with pre-monsoon activities expected to begin the coming week, bringing a much needed respite for Delhi which is currently reeling under heat wave-like conditions. According to both IMD as well as Skymet, Delhi will see on-time arrival of monsoon while the rainfall in Long Period Average (LPA) is not yet clear. The pre-monsoon showers can be expected around June 27. While Skymet prediction also expects monsoon to arrive anytime after June 29, it sees the pre-monsoon showers to hit the national capital from Monday, June 25.India is likely to receive a "better monsoon" than it did in 2017, with the entire country expected to see "normal rainfall" between 96 to 104 per cent from June to September. In 2017, the country received 97 per cent rainfall, which is considered normal. India in 2018 is, quantitatively, likely to receive 97 per cent rainfall of LPA with error estimate of plus-minus four per cent. Rainfall over the country as a whole is expected to be around 101 per cent in July, while August is likely to see 94 per cent rainfall.
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