Keywords: Monsoon, IMD, weather Last year, the searing, record-setting El Nino evaporated monsoon rains and yet June posted a 16% surplus over what it historically receives during the month. This year, inspite of monsoon rains during June short by 11% of what is usual, meteorologists are far more optimistic because the threat of an El Nino has receded. “In June, we’d said monsoon rains in July would be 107% of LPA (the 50-year average) and we’re not changing that,” said B.P. There was no statistical relationship between the performance of June rainfall and overall monsoon rains and that was a key reason why the IMD never issued a rain outlook for June.

Source: The Hindu July 03, 2016 21:45 UTC