IMD predicts wetter monsoon across India in 2022

With the seasonal rainfall expected to be 103% of the average, India is likely to receive more rainfall this monsoon season than predicted earlier by the IMD.

India is likely to receive more rainfall and see a wetter monsoon season this year than predicted earlier by the India Meteorological Department (IMD).

In the IMD's updated long-range forecast for the monsoon season, it indicates that from June to September 2022, the countrywide precipitation is likely to be 103 per cent of the Long Period Average (LPA) with a model error of ± 4 per cent.

With this, the country may record seasonal precipitation up to 89.6 cm this year.

But while most parts of the country are expected to receive normal to above-normal rainfall, some areas in the northeast, east, east-central and extreme southwest peninsular India may witness below-normal precipitation.

Earlier, in April, the IMD had said the country would receive normal rainfall — 99% of the long period average.

Meanwhile, following its three-day-early arrival over Kerala on May 29 (instead of June 1), the southwest monsoon is now continuing its advancement over other parts of South and Northeast India.