IMD: Southwest Monsoon 2021, Seventh most delayed Withdrawal
The IMD has said that the Southwest Monsoon 2021 is the seventh most delayed monsoon withdrawal.
On Monday, the southwest monsoon has withdrawn from the entire country. The India Meteorological Department (IMD) has said that it is the seventh-most delayed retreat since 1975. With a significant reduction in rainfall activity over most parts of the country, the southwest monsoon has withdrawn from the entire country on October 25, 2021.
In a statement, the IMD said, "with the setting in of northeasterly winds in the lower tropospheric levels, the northeast monsoon rain has commenced over extreme south peninsular India today."
Further, it added that the withdrawal of the southwest monsoon 2021 from the entire country is the seventh-most delayed withdrawal (on or after October 25) during 1975-2021. The IMD data has showed that southwest monsoon retreated on or after October 25 five times between 2010 and 2021 in 2017, 2010, 2016, 2020 and 2021.
As per the IMD data, the monsoon withdrawal started on September 28 last year, October 9 in 2019, September 29 in 2018, September 27 in 2017 and September 15 in 2016.
On June 3, the southwest monsoon made its onset over Kerala. Then rapidly by June 15, it covered central, west, east, northeast and south India by. It also covered many parts of north India, even Barmer and Jaisalmer with its last outposts. However, the monsoon winds failed to reach Delhi, parts of Haryana and west Uttar Pradesh.
