Tracking India's monsoon

June 01, 2017 01:56 pm | Updated 01:56 pm IST

The iconic Mattancherry Harbour bridge in Kochi is covered in the rains. There has been ample pre-monsoon showers in Kerala since Monday.

The iconic Mattancherry Harbour bridge in Kochi is covered in the rains. There has been ample pre-monsoon showers in Kerala since Monday.

The Southwest Monsoon has set in over Kerala, Nagaland, Manipur, Mizoram and Arunachal Pradesh on Tuesday.

The cyclonic storm Mora that landed in Bangladesh on Tuesday helped the monsoon reach the Northeastern states.

While the onset of southwest monsoon has brought cheer to many, data shows  many parts of India has received deficient rainfall for the period of March to May 2017.

 

Here's the annual rainfall statistics from all states and union territories from 2012 to 2015. Click on top left icon to select/deselect the year.

 

Source: India Meteorological Department

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