India Meteorological Department (IMD)

India Meteorological Department (IMD)
87% of India's districts vulnerable to droughts: IMD
47% of India’s population is vulnerable to floods, says IMD's Climate Hazards Atlas
Posted on 10 Feb, 2022 06:31 PM

India Meteorological Department (IMD) has recently come up with a ‘Climate hazards and vulnerability atlas of India’ which provides districts maps on hazard events and vulnerability for all the calendar months and at annual scale in India.

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Long range forecast for 2012 south-west monsoon season rainfall - Press release by India Meteorological Department, Ministry of Earth Sciences
This document released every year presents the forecast for the south west monsoon
Posted on 10 May, 2012 05:39 PM

This document released by India Meteorological Department (IMD) every year sheds light on the operational forecast for the south-west monsoon. Through an in-house research the operational forecast are issued in two stages:

Suppressed surface heating over north-western parts of the country and the ensuing monsoon rainfall - A report by India Meteorological Department
This report by the IMD deals with the suppressed surface heating over north-western parts of the country and its relation with the ensuing monsoon rainfall.
Posted on 08 Aug, 2011 07:38 AM

During the year 2011, the temperatures have been below normal over north and northwestern parts of India due to the enhanced activity of western disturbances. These conditions had raised many apprehensions about the possible impact on the subsequent monsoon, if any.

Long range forecasting of the South West Monsoon for 2011 - A report from India Meteorological Department
This report by India Meteorological Department deals with long range forecasting of the South West (SW) Monsoon for 2011.
Posted on 19 Jun, 2011 10:04 PM

 In India, SW monsoon is the principal rainy season and it receives about 80 per cent of its total annual rainfall during the summer monsoon season, from June to September.

Annual climate summary of India during 2010 - Press release by India Meteorological Department
Mean annual temperature for the country as a whole during 2010 was +0.93 0C above the 1961-1990 average. It was slightly higher than that of the year 2009, thus making the year 2010 as the warmest year on record since 1901.
Posted on 17 Jan, 2011 12:06 PM

Content courtesy: Indian Meteorological Department

Mean annual temperature for the country as a whole during 2010 was +0.93 0C above the 1961-1990 average. It was slightly higher than that of the year 2009, thus making the year 2010 as the warmest year on record since 1901.

Considering different seasons, Pre-Monsoon season (March-May) in 2010 was the warmest since 1901 with mean temperature being 1.8 0C above normal

The annual total rainfall for the country as a whole was normal during the year 2010 with actual rainfall of 121.5 cm against the long period average (LPA) of 119.7 cm.

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