New Normal Warning: Monsoon Rainfall Decline 2nd Steepest In Last Decade

Double whammy for farmers in Odisha. Monsoon growing deficient and post-monsoon recoding surplus in the State 

New Normal Monsoon

News Summary

Data with IMD revealed that the country had recorded the highest 6.1 percent departure from mean decadal rainfall during the SW monsoon period. The country had recorded a bountiful monsoon during the period 1921-1960. After a continuous rise for three consecutive decades, monsoon rainfall has taken a plunge from the decade 1951-60.

The mean rainfall during the long period of 1971-2020 shows that the rainfall in monsoon had been deficient in the State by 20mm and above normal by only 10mm.

Data clearly shows the drop in monsoon rainfall in the State is higher at 20mm than the rise of 10mm.

The Indian Meteorological Department has released a 'new normal' rainfall update for the country. While the new updated rainfall normal measures a decline in annual rainfall in the country, the monsoon rainfall in Odisha shows a decline in quantity.

As per the IMD report, the annual rainfall measured in the country for the period 1961 to 2010 had been 1176.9 mm (117.69cm). The updated rainfall data shows that in the period 1971-2020, the annual rainfall received by the country is recorded at 1160.1 (116.1). The new normal rainfall data, therefore, has recorded a decline of 1.59 cm of rainfall in the country.