Southwest monsoon across Telangana good: IMD

Hyderabad: The rains over the state have been bountiful this year, say meteorologists. By the end of August, the state has received 42 per cent more rainfall than its normal this year. As against a normal of 584.2 mm of rainfall the state has received 830.1 mm of rainfall. Even better, there are 14 districts in the state which are in large excess. Similarly, 10 in excess and nine normal. There are no districts that have deficient rainfall.  

Weather scientists attribute the monsoon to the rise in the number of weather systems that have taken place over the state.

“This year, there have been consecutive weather systems that brought over rains over the state. This month (August) there have been close to five systems that came in over the state from the Bay of Bengal. These caused rains. We can now say that the south-west monsoon over the state has been good,” said B Raja Rao, a meteorologist with the Indian Meteorological Department (IMD), told Deccan Chronicle.

This is in stark contrast to the performance of the monsoon, last year.  In 2019, there were 23 districts that had received normal rain and only 10 districts that had received excess rainfall.  

Officials said that the rains that were received last year, were frugal in comparison to what lashed the state last year.

Have a look at the monsoon data released by Telangana State Development Planning Society (TSDPS)