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Seasonal rainfall during southwest monsoon mostly hangs around 'Below Normal', 'Normal' and 'Above Normal'. The other 2 categories of 'Drought' and 'Excess' get outnumbered by large margins. 'Drought' or Deficient' monsoon is announced when the seasonal rainfall drops below 90% of long period average (LPA). Similarly, 'Excess' monsoon is declared when the rainfall climbs to > 110% of LPA.
Andhra Pradesh is expected to receive above normal rainfall during the southwest monsoon season (June to September) this year, said officials of the Indian Meteorological Department (IMD). Indian Meteorological Department predicted this would happen with favourable La Nina conditions from June to September. According to the IMD, rainfall during the southwest monsoon season in