According to the latest weather update by Skymet Meteorology Division in India, good Monsoon showers continued over most parts of Northeast and East India and Karnataka in the last 24 hours. Cherrapunji was once again the rainiest city in India with a whopping 384 mm. Southwest Monsoon has been lagging behind in central Uttar Pradesh by about four to five days, but it may very soon pick up and cover capital city Delhi around 25th June.
Here are the top ten rainiest cities in India on Saturday, 21st June-
| Cities | State | Rainfall (in millimetres) |
| Cherrapunji | Meghalaya | 384 |
| Malda | West Bengal | 91 |
| Sriniketan | West Bengal | 87 |
| Guwahati | Assam | 82 |
| Madikeri | Karnataka | 69 |
| Purnea | Bihar | 45 |
| Darjeeling | West Bengal | 43 |
| Jalpaiguri | West Bengal | 43 |
| Shillong | Meghalaya | 35 |
| Bardhaman | West Bengal | 34 |
After heavy monsoon rain in West Bengal and Northeast India for the fourth consecutive day on 21st June, rain is likely to reduce in the next 48 hours, according to Skymet Meteorology Division in India.
Till now, Odisha, Bihar, Jharkhand, West Bengal and entire Northeast India had been witnessing cloudy and rainy weather with maximums slipping four to six notches below normal and recording in the range of 28⁰C to 32⁰C, on an average.
On Saturday fairly widespread rain was witnessed in East and Northeast India and the rain amounts settled between 30 mm to a whopping 300 mm. Here’s a look:
Balasore 14 mm, Tezpur 23 mm, Krishnanagar 25 mm, Bardhaman 34 mm, Shillong 35 mm, Jalpaiguri and Darjeeling 43 mm, Purnea 45 mm, Guwahati 82 mm, Sriniketan 87 mm and Cherrapunji 384 mm.
According to the latest weather update, moderate spells with heavy rain in isolated pockets may continue in East and Northeast India for another two days and then it may reduce gradually thereafter. However despite heavy monsoon rain for past so many days, the entire region is suffering a rain deficit of about 40% (till 21st June).
This is because monsoon rain picked only in the later part of June, i.e. after half the month was over, which is a starck contrast to last year’s situation when Southwest Monsoon had covered the entire country by 17th June
“The monsoon line (Northern Limit of Monsoon) has been stagnant for the last two days but it looks like it may cover parts of central and west Uttar Pradesh in the next three to four days. Monsoon made a late entry in East India (by about a week), but may reach Delhi and northern plains before time”, says meteorologist Mahesh Palawat.
In another example of a weak Monsoon in India this year, the interiors of South India and almost entire Maharashtra have been dry in the last 24 hours. And according to the latest weather update by Skymet Meteorology Division in India, barring Karnataka and Kerala coast and isolated parts of Telangana, weather in South India is expected to be mainly dry for 48 hours.
On Saturday, Monsoon rain in South India was once again confined mainly to Kerala and Karnataka coast, while the interiors continued to reel under dry weather conditions Maharashtra also remained dry and the capital city Mumbai recorded no rain.
Here’s a look at rain figures from Saturday:
Rain at Karnataka: Agumbe 102.2 mm, Honavar 35 mm, Karwar 78.3 mm, Madikeri 70 mm, Mangalore 4 mm, Belgaum 0.3 mm and Chitradurga recorded traces of rain.
Rain in Kerala: Kozhikode 31 mm, Kottayam 23 mm, Kannur 10 mm, Punalur 9.4 mm, Alappuzha 4 mm, Kochi and Thiruvananthapuram 3 mm each.
While capital cities of Bangalore and Hyderabad, lying in the interiors of South India remained dry, Chennai in north coastal Tamil Nadu recorded 10 mm of rain due to formation of a feeble trough.
In Andhra Pradesh, rain was recorded at Ongole, Visakhapatnam and Anantpur due to the same trough which gave rain over Chennai.
Meanwhile, weather in Mahrashtra remained dry with very light and isolated rain recorded at Mahabaleshwar (5 mm), Dahanu (0.8 mm) and Ratnagiri (1.9 mm).
“Monsoon surge will continue to be weak, bringing moderate to heavy rain only at Karnataka and Kerala coast. Mumbai may get some isolated showers on Sunday but after 24 hours the weather in Maharashtra, particularly over north coastal Maharashtra and south coastal Gujarat, will be dry for the next three to four days”, says meteorologist Mahesh Palawat.
Currently, the National Cumulative Average Monsoon rainfall is facing a deficit of 37%. Rain deficit in South India on a whole is about 20% with highest deficit being faced by coastal Andhra Pradesh of about 68%.
Till 21st June, rain deficit figures in different sub divisions of Mahrashtra were: Konkon & Goa 36%, Vidarbha 37%, Madhya Maharashtra 51% and Marathwada 69%.
Photo by topyaps.
According to the latest weather update by Skymet Meteorology Division in India, the much awaited Monsoon in Delhi, may very soon reach the city as the Monsoon line is expected to advance further covering parts of central Uttar Pradesh and west Uttar Pradesh in another three to four days.
“After a delay in onset of Southwest Monsoon over many parts of India, Delhi could witness an early onset of Monsoon, i.e. around the 25th of June. The normal date of Monsoon over the capital city is around the 28th June”, says senior meteorologist Mahesh Palawat.
Sweltering heat was being witnessed in Delhi and northern plains for the last couple of weeks, with maximums settling close to 45⁰C. On Friday the day temperature at the Palam Observatory in Delhi settled at a whopping 44.7⁰C (six degress above normal), while the Safadarjung Observatory recorded 43⁰C (five degrees above normal). On Saturday, maximum settled at 43.5⁰C and 41.7⁰C, at Palam and Safdarjung Observatory respectively.
Immense heat along with various other factors such as a Western Disturbance affecting the hills of Jammu and Kashmir, a trough in the northern plains, extending right from Punjab to Manipur across Haryana and Uttar Pradesh and influx of moist winds from the Arabian Sea could be attributed for an early onset of Monsoon in Delhi, say weathermen.
Delhiities could witness scattered intermittent showers till the 25th June. There is a possibility of good showers on Sunday night/Monday morning. On Saturday evening a weather alert was sent out for thundershowers in Delhi after which a mild thunderstorm was reported in Palam and light rain was recorded at Hindon.
Monsoon rain in Delhi could therefore pull down the maximums significantly and bid goodbye to the merciless summer. Day temperature on Sunday is likely to settle around 39⁰C. However, night may continue to be warm, humid and uncomfortable for the next three to four days. The morning minimum in Delhi on Sunday was three notches above normal, at 30.3⁰C.
Photo by Ritika Acharya.
According to the latest weather update by Skymet Meteorology Division in India, good Monsoon showers will continue over most parts of Northeast and East India. Konkan, Goa and Karnataka along the west coast of peninsular India will also continue to receive good amounts of rain. As predicted, Southwest Monsoon has covered east Uttar Pradesh and is likely to cover central parts of the state in next 24 hours.
Here are the top ten rainiest cities in India on Friday, 20th June-
| Cities | State | Rainfall (in millimetres) |
| Cherrapunji | Meghalaya | 232 |
| Gorakhpur | Uttar Pradesh | 84.4 |
| Darjeeling | West Bengal | 84.1 |
| Karwar | Karnataka | 70.2 |
| Bokaro | Jharkhand | 67 |
| Agumbe | Karnataka | 68.4 |
| Honnavar | Karnataka | 59.3 |
| Burdwan | West Bengal | 59 |
| Coochbehar | West Bengal | 51 |
| Barpeta | Assam | 50 |
Delhi sweltered under heat and high humidity as the maximum took a leap from 41.3°C to 43°C on Friday. Heat wave conditions returned in the national capital as the day temperature is five notches above normal.
The mercury came down after the spell of light rain and thunderstorm on Wednesday, when the maximum dropped from 43.3°C on Tuesday to 41.2°C. As was predicted the maximum did not shoot up immediately as temperatures have come down in Rajasthan as well and the winds coming from the west direction are less hot than those experienced last week when temperatures had risen to mid-forties and above.
The city also witnessed a hot day, i.e. minimum was 5°C above normal average at 32.7°C. The humidity increases at night making matters even worse as the winds coming from the Arabian Sea are stronger at night and loses less moisture while making its way from Rajasthan.
Some activity over Punjab and a partly cloudy weather in Delhi on Saturday has kind of abated the heat wave. High temperatures and the available moisture in the atmosphere could lead to dust storm followed by light rain during post noon or evening hours till the 24th of June. Day temperatures are expected to come down and remain around 41°C for the next 3 days.
On the 25th the intensity of rain is expected to increase. The trough of low along the foothills of the Himalayas from Bay of Bengal to Punjab across east Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Bengal, Jharkhand, Odisha and Chhattisgarh, may slightly shift south, towards Delhi to bring rain in the city.
