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By India Today News Desk: Monsoon may be delayed by four days in Kerala this year, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) said in a press release on Tuesday. Usually, the southern state sees the onset of monsoon from June 1. However, this year, the monsoon season is expected to begin at June 4.
In a press release, the IMD stated that its operational forecasts of the date of monsoon onset over Kerala during the past 18 years (2005-2022) were proved to be correct except in 2015. The onset of monsoon Kerala will lead to the end of the summer season, marked by dry and scorching weather.
The monsoon arrived in the southern state on May 29 in 2022, June 3 in 2021 and June 1 in 2020.
The IMD has not announced when the onset of monsoon will begin in other parts of the country.
This year, places such as Punjab, Haryana, Delhi, Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu and Kashmir, Ladakh and Uttarakhand received 18 per cent excess rainfall in the pre-monsoon season so far, according to IMD data.
The peninsular region received 88 per cent excess rain (102 mm against the normal of 54.2 mm) during this period as per the data. However, east and northeast India recorded 29 per cent rain deficit — 141.5 mm against the normal of 199.9 mm — from March 1 to May 3.
(With PTI inputs)
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