IMD forecasts below-normal September rainfall for India, with intensified El Niño conditions and above-normal temperatures expected.

India's August rainfall registered sixteen percent below average, its lowest in three years. The El Nino weather pattern suppressed the monsoon, widening the rainfall deficit.…

India received 14% below-normal monsoon rainfall through August, with 603.7 mm recorded against the long-period average of 700.7 mm.