New Delhi: The Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) on Thursday informed that it has recorded significantly higher-than-normal temperatures in large swathes of northwestern and eastern India the past three days have slightly slowed down the monsoon’s progress.
Talking to Mint, IMD scientist Soma Sen Roy said that the onset of monsoon showers is expected in eastern India this week. The monsoon is likely to advance into more parts of Odisha, Chhattisgarh and Maharashtra. The onset date for Delhi is 30 June, and 5 July or after for Rajasthan, as per the IMD’s forecast.
“Climatologically, normal monsoon onset dates for eastern India—Bengal, eastern Bihar, eastern Jharkhand and Odisha is between 10-15 June… These are climatological dates, meaning it is never true that exactly on a particular day monsoon will be arriving in a particular city or state; it could be one or two days ahead or behind. Monsoon is advancing daily,” Roy said to Mint.
“It’s just that monsoon does not progress at the same speed throughout the country. It is a surge, and sometimes the surge is a bit more to the west and sometimes to the east. Accordingly, the monsoon advances.”
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