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NEW DELHI: La Nina seemed to have played a critical role in influencing the country s weather in 2020 which was a second consecutive year of above normal rainfall with below normal temperatures in the winter and less occurrence of heatwaves.
The year also saw formation of five cyclones in the seas along eastern and western sides. Of the five, four were severe cyclonic storms and above.
La Nina conditions played an important factor in having a good monsoon and severe winter conditions in parts of north India.
La Nina is associated with the cooling of the Pacific waters- El Nino is antithesis to it. It is generally observed that a La Nina year also receives good rainfall and winter temperatures are lower than normal.
La Nina 2020: India records above normal rains, harsher winter, reduced heatwave
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Prashant Rangnekar
, PTI
La Nina is associated with the cooling of the Pacific waters El Nino is antithesis to it
This year, the frequency of western disturbances was unusually high and continued even during the summer
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La Nina seemed to have played a critical role in influencing the country s weather in 2020 which was a second consecutive year of above-normal rainfall with below normal temperatures in the winter and less occurrence of heatwaves.
La Nina influences 2020 as India records above normal rains, harsher winter, reduced heatwave
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Last Updated: Dec 28, 2020, 03:51 PM IST
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La Nina conditions played an important factor in having a good monsoon and severe winter conditions in parts of north India. La Nina is associated with the cooling of the Pacific waters El Nino is antithesis to it. It is generally observed that a La Nina year also receives good rainfall and winter temperatures are lower than normal.
The IMD in its winter forecast for December 2020 and January February 2021 also predicted below normal temperatures in north India.
New Delhi: La Nina seemed to have played a critical role in influencing the country s weather in 2020 which was a second consecutive year of above normal rainfall with below normal temperatures in the winter and less occurrence of heatwaves.
National Weather Forecasting Centre of the India Meteorological Department (IMD), has released the End of the SeasonSouthwest Monsoon 2020 update. The report noted that seasonal (June-September) rainfall over the country as a whole was 109% of its Long Period Average (LPA) in 2020. It was the third highest after 112% of LPA in 1994 and 110 % of LPA in 2019.
Seasonal rainfalls over Northwest India, Central India, South Peninsula and Northeast (NE) India were 84%, 115%, 130% and 106% of their respective LPA. Out of 36 meteorological subdivisions, 2 subdivisions (5% of the total area of the country) received large excess rainfall, 13 subdivisions (35% of the total area of the country) received excess rainfall, 16 subdivisions (45% of the total area of the country) received normal seasonal rainfall and 5 subdivisions (15% of the total area of the country) received deficient season rainfall during the season. Monthly rainfall over the country as a whole was 118% of LPA in June, 90% of L
Third wettest monsoon in country since 1994: IMD
The report said around 40 percent of the country received excess rainfall while 45 percent received normal rainfall, Updated: December 22, 2020 2:04:03 am
In 2020, the onset of the Northeast monsoon, also known as winter monsoon, was delayed by 10 days over Tamil Nadu and Puducherry and was realised on October 28.
India experienced its third wettest monsoon in 2020 in 25 years clocking in 109 percent of its Long Period Average (LPA), according to a post-monsoon analysis by the India Meteorological Department (IMD), the findings of which were released Monday.
According to the IMD, the seasonal rainfall over the country was above average between the months of June and September. The highest rainfall was experienced in August.