Weather Update: September will be a cocktail of rain and humidity, IMD has warned of heat along with rain

New Delhi: If you are troubled by the heat and are thinking that you will get relief from it soon, then pay attention. The Meteorological Department has said that in the last month of monsoon, September, there will be more than normal rainfall across the country, but there will also be more heat than normal. 109% of normal rainfall is expected in September. Usually, 167.9 mm of rain falls in September. According to IMD DG Dr. Mrityunjay Mahapatra, despite more rain, most parts of the country will be hotter than normal during the day. Except for some parts of North West India, South Peninsular India and some parts of East Central India, the maximum temperature will be hotter than normal. Apart from this, most parts of the country will also be hotter at night. In the first week of September, Central India, North Peninsula and West Coast will receive more than normal rainfall. On the other hand, there will be more rain in the West Coast in the second week. There are chances of heavy rain in Gujarat and Andhra Pradesh in the first week.

Historical heat in August

According to the IMD, the average minimum temperature across the country in August was 24.29 degrees. This is 0.61 degrees warmer than normal. This is the warmest temperature since 1901. Both Central India and South Peninsular India had very high night temperatures and were historically warm. The maximum temperature in Central India was 0.55 degrees above normal (24.26 degrees) and in South Peninsular India it was 0.72 degrees above normal (24.12 degrees).

The rainfall was also more than normal

In August, the country received 15.7 mm more rainfall than normal. Northwest India received 31.8 percent more rainfall, Central India received 18.1 percent more rainfall, East and Northeast India received 2.9 percent more rainfall and South Peninsular India received 0.9 percent more rainfall. During the monsoon, from June 1 to August 31, the country received 749.0 mm rainfall. This is 6.9% more than normal. The least rainfall during the monsoon occurred in East and Northeast India. Here, the rainfall was 12.5 percent less than normal. Apart from this, Northwest India received 2.2 percent more rainfall, Central India received 16.7 percent more rainfall and South Peninsula received 19.8 percent more rainfall. Northwest India received a total of 253.9 mm rainfall during August. This is the second highest rainfall since 2001.

Monsoon did not take a break

Usually the monsoon takes a break in August but this time it did not happen. Monsoon did not take any break in August. Earlier this happened in 2016. Apart from 2016, monsoon was break-free in 2006, 1990, 1983 as well. According to IMD, the trend of break days in monsoon is increasing during August. Despite this, break-free monsoons are coming. Earlier, the highest number of active days was in 2020 and 2022.