Southwest Monsoon Covers Entire Country Including Delhi  

Ministry of Earth Science

According the India Meteorological Department (IMD) weather bulletin issued here today the Southwest Monsoon has further advanced into remaining parts of the country including Delhi, remaining parts of Uttar Pradesh,Punjab, Haryana and Rajasthan. Thus, the Southwest Monsoon has covered entirecountryon13th July,against the normal date of 08th July.

he continued prevalence of moist easterly winds from the Bay of Bengal in the lower levels for the last four days resulted in enhanced cloud cover and scattered to fairlywide spread rainfall.

The monsoon advanced over Delhi, thus occurred on 13th July against the normal dateof 27th June.

The dates of advance of monsoon over the country and Delhi against their normal date in recent years are shown intable1.

Rainfall recorded (from 0830 hours IST of 12.07.2021 to 0830 hours IST of 13.07.2021) (in cm),over areas where Monsoon advanced today is as follows:

Safdarjung-2.5, Ayanagar-1.3, Palam-2.4, CHO Lodi Road-0.9, Ridge-1.0, Gurgram-5.1, Faridabad-2.8, Panipath-1.0, Rohtak-2.2, Hisar-3.3, Fatehabad-3.0, Jaisalmer-7.7,Bikaner-6.8, Churu-9.0.

 

 

Figure:Advancement of Southwest Monsoon over the country and their normal dates.

 

Table: Historical Dates of advance of Southwest Monsoon over Delhi and entire Country 1960-2020 andDatesof2021

 

Year Date of Advance of monsoon over Delhi Date when monsoon covered entire India
1960 27-Jun 29-Jun
1961 9-Jun 21-Jun
1962 24-Jun 5-Jul
1963 7-Jul 14-Jul
1964 5-Jul 6-Jul
1965 10-Jul 7-Jul
1966 20-Jun 6-Jul
1967 2-Jul 2-Jul
1968 9-Jul 9-Jul
1969 12-Jul 15-Jul
1970 29-Jun 3-Jul

 

1971 23-Jun 2-Jul
1972 27-Jun 9-Jul
1973 5-Jul 6-Jul
1974 12-Jul 16-Jul
1975 23-Jun 30-Jun
1976 11-Jul 15-Jul
1977 29-Jun 1-Jul
1978 25-Jun 3-Jul
1979 11-Jul 15-Jul
1980 26-Jun 26-Jun
1981 27-Jun 10-Jul
1982 14-Jul 22-Jul
1983 29-Jun 18-Jul
1984 2-Jul 7-Jul
1985 8-Jul 14-Jul
1986 25-Jun 24-Jul
1987 27-Jul 27-Jul
1988 30-Jun 1-Jul
1989 1-Jul 2-Jul
1990 1-Jul 1-Jul
1991 14-Jul 19-Jul
1992 12-Jul 14-Jul
1993 24-Jun 5-Jul
1994 24-Jun 30-Jun
1995 12-Jul 13-Jul
1996 23-Jun 30-Jun
1997 9-Jul 19-Jul
1998 16-Jun 30-Jun
1999 5-Jul 12-Jul
2000 30-Jun 2-Jul
2001 24-Jun 3-Jul
2002 19-Jul 15Aug
2003 5-Jul 5-Jul
2004 5-Jul 18-Jul
2005 27-Jun 30-Jun
2006 9-Jul 24-Jul
2007 28-Jun 4-Jul
2008 15-Jun 10-Jul
2009 30-Jun 3-Jul
2010 5-Jul 6-Jul
2011 8-Jul 8-Jul
2012 7-Jul 11-Jul
2013 16-Jun 16-Jun
2014 3-Jul 17-Jul
2015 25-Jun 26-Jun
2016 2-Jul 13-Jul
2017 2-Jul 19-Jul
2018 28-Jun 29-Jun
2019 5-Jul 19-Jul
2020 25-Jun 26-Jun
2021 10-Jul 12-Jul

 

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