The weather department's first-stage long-range forecast for this year has already predicted below-normal rainfall for the June–September period. | India News

IMD forecasts southwest monsoon to begin in Kerala on May 26, slightly earlier than the usual June 1 onset.

IMD forecast the Kerala onset date using an indigenously developed statistical model issued operationally since 2005. | India News

El Nino is linked to unusually warm sea surface temperatures. In India, it is associated with harsher summers and weaker monsoons. | India News

The weather department's first-stage long-range forecast for this year has already predicted below-normal rainfall for the June–September period. | India News

The early arrival of the southwest monsoon brings a bittersweet forecast for India, marking its weakest rainfall projection in 20 years. Ending a seven-year trend of healthy…