2024 monsoon saw highest number of heavy rainfall events in five years, says report
Climate change had increased the longevity of the monsoon systems, researchers said.
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The 2024 monsoon season in India recorded the highest number of heavy rainfall events in the last five years, a consulting agency Climate Trends has said in a report.
The effects of climate change had increased the longevity of the monsoon systems, the report added.
Citing data from the India Meteorological Department, the agency found that the southwest monsoon this year concluded with above-normal rainfall, reaching 108% of the long period average rainfall.
The measure is the mean rainfall during the four-month monsoon season over the last 50 years. The southwest monsoon season generally begins in June and starts to retreat by September.
“Between June 1 to September 30, India recorded 934.8 mm of rain, surpassing the seasonal norm of 868.6 mm,” the report said.
It said that out of the 729 districts it had analysed, 340 districts recorded normal rains during the four-month season, 158 districts experienced excess rainfall and 48 districts saw large excess rainfall.
However, while 167 districts faced a rainfall deficit, 11 districts had a large deficit, the report added.
There were 2,632 events of “extremely heavy rainfall”, which is defined as more than 204 mm in 24 hours, and 473 events of “very heavy rainfall”, or 115 mm to 204 mm in 24 hours, the researchers pointed out citing...
