IMD predicts normal Southwest monsoon in India in 2022

Apr 15, 2022

New Delhi, April 15 (ANI): The IMD on April 15 has predicted that India will witness normal rainfall during the southwest monsoon season from June 05 to September 30 in 2022. Speaking to ANI, IMD Director General of Meteorology Mrutyunjay Mohapatra said, “We have updated all-India ‘rainfall normal’ to 87 cm for southwest monsoon for 1970-2020 based on data over a long period. There will be a normal Monsoon this year in India as across the country there will be 99 pc of rainfall.” “As per the prediction, there’ll be a uniform distribution of rainfall. For the Northeast, Kerala, Tamil Nadu, J&K and parts of Punjab, Haryana and Himachal Pradesh rainfall could be below normal,” he added.