India: Southwest Monsoon Update 2021

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India: Southwest Monsoon Update 2021

On June 3, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) announced that the Southwest Monsoon had set over Kerala two days after the average onset date of June 1. IMD also published its second long-range forecast that predicts a normal Southwest Monsoon (June to September) with rainfall expected to reach 101 percent of the long period average (LPA). The monsoon has advanced and covered Central and Southern India with rainfall 37 percent higher than the normal fifty-year average as the sowing of Kharif crops is underway.

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