Friday 01 April 2022 - Time of Issue: 0745 hours IST

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Friday 01 April 2022 MORNING Time of Issue: 0745 hours IST ALL INDIA WEATHER SUMMARY AND FORECAST BULLETIN

Significant Weather Features

Main Weather Observations

♦ Rainfall/thundershower observed (from 0830 hours IST to 1730 hours IST of yesterday): at many places over Arunachal Pradesh; at a few places over Assam & Meghalaya and at isolated places over Nagaland-Manipur-Mizoram-Tripura and Tamilnadu, Puducherry & Karaikal.

♦ Significant amount of rainfall/thundershower observed (from 0830 hours IST to 1730 hours IST of yesterday)(1 cm or more): Dhubri-6; Goalpara, Tangla

& Kailashahar-1 each.

♦ Yesterday, Heat Wave to Severe Heat Wave conditions observed in some pockets of Himachal Pradesh, south Haryana and Delhi and Heat Wave conditions in most parts of East Madhya Pradesh; in many parts of Rajasthan; in some pockets of West Madhya Pradesh and in isolated pockets of south Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Maharashtra and Vidarbha.

♦ Maximum Temperature Departures (as on 31-03-2022): Maximum temperatures were markedly above normal (5.1°C or more) at most places over Jammu-Kashmir-Ladakh-Gilgit-Baltistan-Muzaffarabad and Himachal Pradesh; at many places over Punjab, Haryana, Chandigarh & Delhi, West Rajasthan and East Madhya Pradesh; at a few places over Uttarakhand; at isolated places over Uttar Pradesh, East Rajastha n and Madhya Maharashtra; appreciably above normal (3.1°C to 5.0°C) at most places over Chhattisgarh and Vidarbha; at many places over Jharkhand; at a few places over Odisha, Gujarat state, Marathwada and Telangana; at isolated places over Bihar and Konkan & Goa; above normal (1.6°C to 3.0°C) at most places over Rayalaseema; at a few places over Gangetic West Bengal, North Interior Karnataka, Tamilnadu -Puducherry-Karaikal and Kerala & Mahe; at isolated places over Coastal Andhra Pradesh-Yanam. They were appreciably below normal (-3.1°C to -5.0°C) at isolated places over Arunachal Pradesh and Assam & Meghalaya; below normal (-1.6°C to -3.0°C) at isolated places over Sub-Himalayan West Bengal & Sikkim and near normal over rest parts of the country. Yesterday, the highest maximum temperature of 44.0°C is reported at Chandrapur (Vidarbha) over the country.

♦ Minimum Temperature Departures (as on 31-03-2022): Minimum temperatures were markedly above normal (5.1°C or more) at a few places over West Rajasthan and at isolated places over Himachal Pradesh, Haryana, Chandigarh & Delhi, East Rajasthan and Bihar; appreciably above normal (3.1°C to 5.0°C) at most places over Gangetic West Bengal; at many places over East Uttar Pradesh; at a few places over Sub-Himalayan West Bengal & Sikkim and Assam & Meghalaya and at isolated places over Punjab, Uttarakhand, Madhya Pradesh, Saurashtra & Kutch, Coastal Andhra Pradesh & Yanam and Odisha;

above normal (1.6°C to 3.0°C) at most places over Rayalaseema; at a many places over Odisha; at a few places over Jammu-Kashmir-Ladakh-Gilgit- Baltistan-Muzaffarabad, Gujarat Region, Vidarbha, Coastal Karnataka, Telangana, Tamil Nadu Puducherry & Karaikal, Jharkhand and Nagaland, Manipur, Mizoram & Tripura and at isolated places over Konkan & Goa and Madhya Maharashtra and near normal over rest parts of the country. Yesterday, the lowest minimum temperature of 15.9°C was reported at Nasik and Pune (Madhya Maharashtra) over the plains of the country.

Heat Wave conditions Forecast:

♦ Heat wave conditions very likely to reduce spatially and in terms of intensity over Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh and West Uttar Pradesh during 01st- 05th April with Heat wave conditions in isolated pockets over these areas during the same period.

♦ Isolated Heat Wave conditions very likely over Himachal Pradesh, Madhya Maharashtra, interior Odisha on 01st April; over Telangana on 01st & 02nd April; over Vidarbha, Chhattisgarh, Saurashtra-Kutch, Jharkhand & Marathwada during 01st-03rd April and over Gujarat region on 01st-05th April, 2022.

Rainfall Forecast & Warnings:

♦Under the influence of a north-south trough from East Uttar Pradesh to Northwest Bay of Bengal and strong southwesterly winds from Bay of Bengal to northeastern states at lower tropospheric levels; fairly widespread to widespread light/moderate rainfall with thunderstorm/lightning (40-50 kmph) very likely over Assam-Meghalaya; with thunderstorm/lightning/gusty winds (30-40 kmph) over Nagaland-Manipur-Mizoram-Tripura and with thunderstorm/lightning over Arunachal Pradesh on 01st April.

♦ Isolated heavy rainfall likely over Assam-Meghalaya & Arunachal Pradesh during 01st, 03rd-05th April and over Sub-Himalayan West Bengal-Sikkim during 03rd-05th April, 2022.

Under the influence of trough/wind discontinuity over south Peninsular India,

♦ Light to moderate isolated/scattered rainfall very likely over Kerala-Mahe, Tamilnadu-Puducherry-Karaikal and South Interior Karnataka during next 5 days.

♦ Isolated thunderstorm/lightning activity also very likely over Kerala & Mahe during next 5 days.

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Meteorological Analysis (Based on 0530 hours IST)

**Weather Forecast for next 5 days * upto 0830 hours IST of 06th April, 2022**

Weather Outlook for subsequent 2 days during 06th-08th April, 2022

♦ Meteorological sub-division wise detailed 5 days precipitation forecast is given in Table-1.

♦ Fall in maximum temperatures by about 1-2⁰C very likely over the plains of Northwest India during next 2-3 days.

♦ Gradual rise in maximum temperatures by 2-3⁰C very likely over most parts of Gujarat &

Maharashtra during next 2 days and no significant change thereafter.

♦ No significant change in maximum temperatures very likely over most parts of East India during next 2 days and fall by 2-3⁰C thereafter.

♦ No significant change in maximum temperatures very likely over rest parts of the country during next 4-5 days.

♦ The cyclonic circulation over Haryana & neighbourhood extending upto 1.5 km above mean sea level persists.

♦The cyclonic circulation over southeast Uttar Pradesh & adjoining Bihar extending upto 0.9 km above mean sea level persists.

♦ The trough/wind discontinuity from above cyclonic circulation over southeast Uttar Pradesh

& adjoining Bihar to interior Tamilnadu across Chhattisgarh, Telangana & Rayalaseema extending upto 0.9 km above mean sea level persists.

♦ The trough from east Bihar to northwest Bay of Bengal at 1.5 km above mean sea level persists.

♦ The cyclonic circulation over Gulf of Mannar & neighbourhood extending upto 0.9 km above mean sea level persists.

♦ Scattered/fairly widespread light to moderate rainfall activity likely over parts of Northeast India, Sub- Himalayan West Bengal-Sikkim and Andaman & Nicobar Islands and isolated/scattered light rainfall activity over South Peninsular India.

♦ Dry weather likely over rest parts of the country.

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Weather Warning during next 5 days *

01 April (Day 1): ♦ Heat wave conditions in some parts very likely over West Rajasthan and Madhya Pradesh and in isolated pockets over Himachal Pradesh, West Uttar Pradesh, East Rajasthan, Gujarat State, Vidarbha, Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand, Odisha, Madhya Maharashtra, Marathawada and Telangana.

♦ Thunderstorm accompanied with lightning, gusty winds (speed reaching 40-50 kmph) at isolated places very likely over Assam-Meghalaya; with lightning & gusty winds (speed reaching 30-40 kmph) at isolated places very likely over Nagaland- Manipur-Mizoram-Tripura and with lightning at isolated places over Arunachal Pradesh and Kerala-Mahe.

♦ Heavy rainfall at isolated places very likely over Assam-Meghalaya and Arunachal Pradesh.

02 April (Day 2): ♦ Heat wave conditions in some parts very likely over West Rajasthan and Madhya Pradesh and in isolated pockets over West Uttar Pradesh, East Rajasthan, Gujarat State, Vidarbha, Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand, Marathawada and Telangana.

♦ Thunderstorm accompanied with lightning at isolated places very likely over Andaman-Nicobar Islands and Kerala-Mahe.

03 April (Day 3): ♦ Heat wave conditions in some parts likely over Madhya Pradesh and in isolated pockets over Rajasthan, West Uttar Pradesh, Gujarat Region and Vidarbha.

♦ Thunderstorm accompanied with lightning at isolated places likely over Andaman-Nicobar Islands, Sub-Himalayan West Bengal & Sikkim and Kerala-Mahe.

♦ Heavy rainfall at isolated places likely over Sub-Himalayan West Bengal-Sikkim, Assam-Meghalaya and Arunachal Pradesh.

04 April (Day 4): ♦ Heat wave conditions in some parts likely over West Madhya Pradesh and in isolated pockets over Rajasthan, West Uttar Pradesh, Gujarat Region and East Madhya Pradesh.

♦ Thunderstorm accompanied with lightning at isolated places likely over Sub-Himalayan West Bengal & Sikkim and Kerala-Mahe.

05 April (Day 5): ♦ Heat wave conditions in some parts likely over West Madhya Pradesh and in isolated pockets over Rajasthan, West Uttar Pradesh, Gujarat Region and East Madhya Pradesh.

♦ Thunderstorm accompanied with lightning at isolated places likely over Sub-Himalayan West Bengal & Sikkim and Kerala-Mahe.

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Table-1

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Government of India Ministry of Earth Sciences India Meteorological Department National Weather Forecasting Centre

ALL INDIA WEEKLY WEATHER REPORT 24-30 MARCH, 2022

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Table-1(A) Table-1(B) Table-1(C) Table-2 Table-3 Fig-1 Fig-2 Fig-3 Annexure-1

SIGNIFICANT WEATHER FEATURES

♦ Positioning of the Bay of Bengal anticyclone favouring enhanced moisture incursion in the lower tropospheric levels over to the region had caused scattered to fairly widespread rainfall/thunderstorm activity over Northeast India and over adjoining areas of Sub Himalayan West Bengal & Sikkim on two to three days during the week; under its influence, isolated heavy/very heavy rainfall had been reported over parts of Northeast India on one or two days and isolated extremely heavy rainfall also had been reported over Meghalaya on one day during the week.

♦ Under the influence of north-south trough/wind discontinuities in the lower tropospheric levels extending from Central India to South Peninsula, isolated rainfall/thunderstorm activity had occurred over southern parts of Peninsular on most of the days of the week; it had also caused isolated rainfall/thunderstorm activity over Madhya Maharashtra on three to four days and over remaining parts of Peninsular India on two to three days; isolated heavy rainfall also had been reported over Tamil Nadu, Puducherry & Karaikkal, Kerala &

Mahe and South Interior Karnataka on one day each along with.

♦ Movement of a Western Disturbance had caused isolated to scattered rainfall/thunderstorm activity over Western Himalayan Region on one or two days during the first half of the week.

Heavy rain:

♦ Heavy to very heavy rainfall with extremely heavy rainfall at isolated places had occurred over Assam &

Meghalaya on one day during the week.

♦ Heavy to very heavy rainfall at isolated places had occurred over Assam & Meghalaya on one day during the week.

♦ Heavy rainfall at isolated places had occurred over Assam & Meghalaya, Nagaland, Manipur, Mizoram &

Tripura, Tamil Nadu, Puducherry & Karaikkal, South Interior Karnataka and Kerala & Mahe on one day each during the week.

Temperature Scenario:

Heatwave:

♦ Heatwave to severe heatwave conditions had occurred at most places over West Rajasthan on two days;

at many places over West Rajasthan on two days and over East Rajasthan and Himachal Pradesh on one day each; at a few places over East Rajasthan and Haryana, Chandigarh & Delhi on one day each; at isolated places over Haryana, Chandigarh & Delhi on one day during the week.

♦ Heatwave conditions at many places had occurred over Himachal Pradesh on two days; at a few places over Saurashtra & Kutch on three days, over East & West Madhya Pradesh on two days each and over Himachal Pradesh, East Rajasthan and East & West Uttar Pradesh on one day each; at isolated places over Jammu Division of Jammu Kashmir & Ladakh on four days, over West Madhya Pradesh, West Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand on two days, over Himachal Pradesh and East Uttar Pradesh on one day each during the week.

♦ The highest maximum temperature of 44.2^oC had been recorded at Chandrapur (Vidarbha) on 30^th March 2022 and the lowest minimum temperature of 12.8^oC had been recorded at Amritsar (Punjab) on 26^th March 2022 over the plains of the country during the week.

LEGEND: Few days-(3 days), Many days-4 to 5 days and Most days-6 to 7 days during the week.

METEOROLOGICAL ANALYSIS

♦ Last week’s Western Disturbance was seen as a cyclonic circulation over northwest Rajasthan &

neighbourhood extending upto 4.5 km above mean sea level with a trough aloft with its axis at 5.8 km above mean sea level roughly along Long. 75°E to the north of Lat. 30°N on 24^thMarch 2022; the cyclonic circulation associated with the Western Disturbance over northwest Rajasthan & neighbourhood has become less marked, however, its remnant trough with its axis at 5.8 km above mean sea level ran roughly along Long. 78°E to the north of Lat. 30°N in the early morning hours of 25^th; it was seen with its axis at 3.1 km above mean sea level roughly along Long.78°E to the north of Lat.30°N in the remaining parts of the same day; it has moved away east•northeastwards in the early morning hours of 26^thMarch 2022.

♦ Last week’s cyclonic circulation over central parts of Madhya Maharashtra & neighbourhood persisted over the

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same areas extending upto 1.5 km above mean sea level on 24 March 2022; it has become less marked on 25 March 2022.

♦ Last week’s trough in lower & middle tropospheric westerlies with its axis at 3.1 km above mean sea level roughly along Long. 91°E to the north of Lat. 26°N has moved away east-northeastwards on 24^thMarch 2022.

♦ Last week’s Low Pressure Area over Myanmar along with the associated cyclonic circulation extending upto mid•tropospheric levels has become less marked in the early morning hours of 24^thMarch 2022.

♦ A cyclonic circulation lay over Southeast Arabian Sea & adjoining Lakshadweep area and extended upto 5.8 km above mean sea level on 24^thMarch 2022; it lay over Southeast Arabian Sea and extended upto 1.5 km above mean sea level on 25^th; it lay over Southeast & adjoining Southwest Arabian Sea and extended upto 1.5 km above mean sea level on 26^th; it has become less marked on 27^thMarch 2022.

♦ A trough/wind discontinuity ran from west Vidarbha to Comorin area across Marathawada, Interior Karnataka &

Tamil Nadu at 0.9 km above mean sea level on 25^thMarch 2022; it ran from Vidarbha to South Interior Karnataka across Marathawada and North Interior Karnataka at 0.9 km above mean sea level on 26^th; it ran from Chhattisgarh to interior Tamilnadu across Telangana & Interior Karnataka at 0.9 km above mean sea level on 27^th; it ran from Vidarbha to north Kerala across Interior Karnataka and extended upto 0.9 km above mean sea level on 28^th; it ran from south Chhattisgarh to Interior Tamil Nadu across Telangana and Rayalaseema and extended upto 0.9 km above mean sea level on 29^th; it ran from interior Odisha to Telangana across Chhattisgarh and extended upto 0.9 km above mean sea level on 30^thMarch 2022.

♦ A cyclonic circulation lay over north Pakistan & adjoining Punjab at 0.9 km above mean sea level on 28^thMarch 2022; it lay over Punjab & neighbourhood and extended upto 1.5 km above mean sea level on 29^th;it persisted over the same areas and extended upto 0.9 km above mean sea level on 30^thMarch 2022.

♦ A cyclonic circulation lay over East Uttar Pradesh & neighbourhood and extended upto 0.9 km above mean sea level on 30^thMarch 2022.

♦ A trough in westerlies with its axis at 3.1 km above mean sea level ran roughly along Long. 89°E to the north of 26°N on 30^thMarch 2022.

RAINFALL SUMMARY

xWeekly cumulative rainfall distribution is presented in Fig-1

xSub-division wise weekly and seasonal rainfall distribution is presented in Fig-2 and Fig-3.

xSub-divisionwise daily distribution of realised Rainfall is shown in Table-1(A).

xSub-divisionwise departure of realised Maximum temperature from Normal is shown in Table-1(C)

xStatewise distribution of number of districts with Large-Excesse, Excess, Normal, Deficient, Large-deficient and no rainfall is shown in Table-2.

xCumulative seasonal rainfall data during the corresponding weekly period for the last five years are given in Table-3.

xSub-divisionwise realised weekly rainfall (in cm) is shown in Annexure-1.

FORECAST & WARNING FOR THE NEXT WEEK 31 MARCH TO 06 APRIL, 2022 Detailed seven days Sub-division wise rainfall-forecast is given in Table-1(B).

Category of the rainfall

WEEK SEASON

24.03.2022 TO 30.03.2022 01.03.2022 TO 30.03.2022 Number of Sub-divisions Number of Sub-divisions

LARGE EXCESS (+60% or more) 05 03

EXCESS (+20% to +59%) 02 02

NORMAL (+19% to -19%) 04 04

DEFICIENT (-20% to -59%) 02 05

LARGE DEFICIENT (-60% to -99%) 09 19

NO RAIN (-100%) 14 03

Cumulative rainfall (mm) Actual Normal % Departure Actual Normal % Departure

EAST & NORTH-EAST INDIA 20.5 19.2 7 24.6 59.9 -59

NORTH-WEST INDIA 0.4 9.7 -96 5.2 46.7 -89

CENTRAL INDIA 0.1 2.0 -95 1.1 8.2 -86

SOUTH PENINSULA 4.8 3.8 27 12.1 13.9 -13

Country as a whole _4.4 _7.5 _-42 _8.3 _29.4 _-72

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Fig-1

WEEKLY CUMULATIVE RAINFALL (24-30 MARCH, 2022)

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Table-1 (A)

METEOROLOGICAL SUB-DIVISIONWISE DISTRIBUTION OF REALISED RAINFALL-2022

S.No. MET.SUB-DIVISIONS 24 MAR 25 MAR 26 MAR 27 MAR 28 MAR 29 MAR 30 MAR

1 ANDAMAN & NICO.ISLANDS SCT ISOL DRY ISOL ISOL DRY DRY

2 ARUNACHAL PRADESH SCT WS WS FWS ISOL DRY FWS

3 ASSAM & MEGHALAYA ISOL SCT FWS SCT ISOL DRY SCT

4 NAGA.MANI.MIZO.& TRIPURA ISOL SCT ISOL SCT FWS DRY SCT

5 SUB-HIM.W. BENG. & SIKKIM FWS SCT ISOL ISOL SCT FWS FWS

6 GANGETIC WEST BENGAL DRY DRY DRY ISOL DRY DRY DRY

7 ODISHA ISOL DRY DRY DRY DRY DRY DRY

8 JHARKHAND DRY DRY DRY DRY DRY DRY DRY

9 BIHAR DRY DRY DRY DRY DRY DRY DRY

10 EAST UTTAR PRADESH DRY DRY DRY DRY DRY DRY DRY

11 WEST UTTAR PRADESH DRY DRY DRY DRY DRY DRY DRY

12 UTTARAKHAND ISOL ISOL DRY DRY DRY DRY DRY

13 HARYANA CHD. & DELHI DRY DRY DRY DRY DRY DRY DRY

14 PUNJAB DRY DRY DRY DRY DRY DRY DRY

15 HIMACHAL PRADESH DRY ISOL DRY DRY DRY DRY DRY

16 JAMMU & KASHMIR AND LADAKH FWS ISOL DRY DRY DRY DRY DRY

17 WEST RAJASTHAN DRY DRY DRY DRY DRY DRY DRY

18 EAST RAJASTHAN DRY DRY DRY DRY DRY DRY DRY

19 WEST MADHYA PRADESH DRY DRY DRY DRY DRY DRY DRY

20 EAST MADHYA PRADESH DRY DRY DRY DRY DRY DRY DRY

21 GUJARAT REGION DRY DRY DRY DRY DRY DRY DRY

22 SAURASTRA & KUTCH DRY DRY DRY DRY DRY DRY DRY

23 KONKAN & GOA ISOL DRY DRY DRY DRY DRY DRY

24 MADHYA MAHARASHTRA ISOL ISOL ISOL ISOL DRY DRY DRY

25 MARATHAWADA DRY DRY DRY DRY DRY DRY DRY

26 VIDARBHA DRY DRY DRY DRY DRY DRY DRY

27 CHHATTISGARH DRY DRY ISOL DRY DRY DRY DRY

28 COASTAL ANDHRA PR. & YANAM ISOL ISOL DRY DRY DRY DRY DRY

29 TELANGANA ISOL ISOL ISOL DRY DRY DRY DRY

30 RAYALASEEMA ISOL DRY DRY DRY DRY DRY DRY

31 TAMIL. PUDU. & KARAIKAL ISOL ISOL ISOL ISOL ISOL ISOL ISOL

32 COASTAL KARNATAKA FWS ISOL ISOL ISOL ISOL ISOL ISOL

33 NORTH INT.KARNATAKA DRY ISOL ISOL ISOL ISOL ISOL ISOL

34 SOUTH INT.KARNATAKA SCT SCT ISOL ISOL ISOL ISOL ISOL

35 KERALA & MAHE SCT SCT ISOL ISOL SCT SCT ISOL

36 LAKSHADWEEP DRY DRY DRY DRY DRY SCT SCT

LEGENDS:

WS - WIDE SPREAD / MOST PLACES (76-100%) FWS - FAIRLY WIDE SPREAD / MANY PLACES (51% to 75%) SCT - SCATTERED / FEW PLACES (26% to 50%) ISOL - ISOLATED (up to 25%) D / DRY - NO STATION REPORTED RAINFALL

* ACTIVE (R/F 1^1/2- 4 times the normal with WS/FWS, at least 2 stations should be 5 cm. along west coast & 3 cm. elsewhere )

** VIGOROUS (R/F More than 4 times the normal with WS/FWS, at least 2 stations should be 8 cm. along west coast & 5 cm. elsewhere)

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Table-1 (B)

METEOROLOGICAL SUB-DIVISIONWISE WEEKLY RAINFALL FORECAST-2022

Sr. No MET.SUB-DIVISIONS 31 MAR 01 APR 02 APR 03 APR 04 APR 05 APR 06 APR

1 ANDAMAN & NICO.ISLANDS ISOL ISOL FWS ^L FWS ^L FWS WS WS

2 ARUNACHAL PRADESH WS ^L^● FWS ^L^● FWS WS^● WS^● FWS FWS

3 ASSAM & MEGHALAYA FWS ^L^● FWS ^L^● FWS WS^● WS^● SCT SCT

4 NAGA.MANI.MIZO.& TRIPURA SCT ^L SCT ^L SCT FWS FWS SCT SCT

5 SUB-HIM.W. BENG. & SIKKIM FWS FWS FWS WS ^L^● WS ^L^● SCT SCT

6 GANGETIC WEST BENGAL ISOL ISOL ISOL ISOL ISOL DRY DRY

7 ODISHA DRY⁺ DRY⁺ DRY ISOL ISOL ISOL DRY

8 JHARKHAND DRY⁺ DRY⁺ DRY⁺ ISOL DRY DRY DRY

9 BIHAR ISOL ISOL ISOL ISOL ISOL DRY DRY

10 EAST UTTAR PRADESH DRY⁺ DRY DRY DRY DRY DRY DRY

11 WEST UTTAR PRADESH DRY^{+ +} DRY⁺ DRY⁺ DRY⁺ DRY⁺ DRY DRY

12 UTTARAKHAND DRY DRY DRY DRY DRY DRY DRY

13 HARYANA CHD. & DELHI DRY⁺ DRY DRY DRY DRY DRY DRY

14 PUNJAB DRY DRY DRY DRY DRY DRY DRY

15 HIMACHAL PRADESH DRY⁺ DRY⁺ DRY DRY DRY DRY DRY

16 JAMMU & KASHMIR AND LADAKH DRY DRY DRY DRY ISOL DRY DRY

17 WEST RAJASTHAN DRY^{+ +} DRY^{+ +} DRY⁺ DRY⁺ DRY⁺ DRY DRY

18 EAST RAJASTHAN DRY^{+ +} DRY^{+ +} DRY⁺ DRY⁺ DRY⁺ DRY DRY

19 WEST MADHYA PRADESH DRY^{+ +} DRY⁺ DRY⁺ DRY⁺ DRY⁺ DRY DRY 20 EAST MADHYA PRADESH DRY^{+ +} DRY⁺ DRY⁺ DRY⁺ DRY⁺ DRY DRY

21 GUJARAT REGION DRY DRY⁺ DRY⁺ DRY⁺ DRY⁺ DRY DRY

22 SAURASTRA & KUTCH DRY⁺ DRY⁺ DRY⁺ DRY DRY DRY DRY

23 KONKAN & GOA DRY DRY DRY DRY DRY ISOL DRY

24 MADHYA MAHARASHTRA DRY⁺ DRY⁺ DRY DRY DRY ISOL DRY

25 MARATHAWADA DRY⁺ DRY⁺ DRY⁺ DRY DRY DRY DRY

26 VIDARBHA DRY⁺ DRY⁺ DRY⁺ DRY⁺ DRY DRY DRY

27 CHHATTISGARH DRY⁺ DRY⁺ DRY⁺ DRY DRY DRY DRY

28 COASTAL ANDHRA PR. & YANAM DRY DRY DRY DRY DRY ISOL DRY

29 TELANGANA DRY DRY⁺ DRY⁺ DRY DRY ISOL DRY

30 RAYALASEEMA ISOL ^L DRY DRY DRY DRY DRY DRY

31 TAMIL. PUDU. & KARAIKAL ISOL ^L ISOL ISOL ISOL ISOL ISOL ISOL

32 COASTAL KARNATAKA ISOL DRY DRY DRY ISOL ISOL ISOL

33 NORTH INTERIOR KARNATAKA DRY DRY DRY DRY DRY ISOL DRY

34 SOUTH INTERIOR KARNATAKA ISOL ^L ISOL ISOL ISOL ISOL ISOL ISOL

35 KERALA & MAHE SCT ^L SCT ^L ISOL ^L ISOL ^L ISOL ^L SCT SCT

36 LAKSHADWEEP SCT ^L SCT DRY DRY DRY DRY DRY

LEGENDS:

WS - WIDE SPREAD / MOST PLACES (76-100%) FWS - FAIRLY WIDE SPREAD / MANY PLACES (51% to 75%) SCT - SCATTERED / FEW PLACES (26% to 50%) ISOL - ISOLATED (up to 25%) D / DRY - NO RAINFALL

● Heavy Rainfall (64.5-115.5 mm) ^●●Heavy to Very Heavy Rainfall (115.6-204.4 mm) ^●●●Extremely Heavy Rainfall (204.5 mm or more)

F Fog * Snowfall ^D Dust storm ^$ Thunderstorm with Squall ^LThunderstorm with Lightning ^#Thunderstorm with Hail

⁺Heat Wave (Maximum temperature departure from Normal +4.5 ÔC to +6.4ÔC) ⁺⁺Severe Heat Wave (Maximum temperature departure from Normal ≥ +6.5ÔC)

^-Cold Wave (Minimum temperature departure from Normal -4.5 ÔC to -6.4ÔC) ^{- -}Severe Cold Wave (Minimum temperature departure from Norma ≤ -6.5ÔC)

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Table-1 (C)

METEOROLOGICAL SUB-DIVISIONWISE REALISED MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE-2022

S.No MET.SUB-DIVISIONS 24 MAR 25 MAR 26 MAR 27 MAR 28 MAR 29 MAR 30 MAR

1 ANDAMAN & NICO.ISLANDS N N N N N N N

2 ARUNACHAL PRADESH N N N AN N N N

3 ASSAM & MEGHALAYA N N N N N N BN

4 NAGA.MANI.MIZO.& TRIPURA N N N N N N BN

5 SUB-HIM.W. BENG. & SIKKIM N N N N N N BN

6 GANGETIC WEST BENGAL N N N N AN N N

7 ODISHA N N N N N N N

8 JHARKHAND AAN N AAN AN AN AAN AAN

9 BIHAR AN AAN N AN N N N

10 EAST UTTAR PRADESH AN N N N AAN MAN MAN

11 WEST UTTAR PRADESH N AAN AAN AAN MAN MAN MAN

12 UTTARAKHAND MAN AAN MAN MAN MAN MAN MAN

13 HARYANA, CHD. & DELHI AAN AAN AAN AAN MAN MAN MAN

14 PUNJAB MAN MAN MAN MAN MAN MAN MAN

15 HIMACHAL PRADESH MAN MAN MAN MAN MAN MAN MAN

16 JAMMU & KASHMIR AND LADAKH AAN MAN MAN MAN MAN MAN MAN

17 WEST RAJASTHAN AAN MAN MAN MAN MAN MAN MAN

18 EAST RAJASTHAN N AAN AAN AAN N N N

19 WEST MADHYA PRADESH N N AAN N AAN N N

20 EAST MADHYA PRADESH N N N N AAN N N

21 GUJARAT REGION N N N N N AAN AN

22 SAURASTRA & KUTCH N N N N AAN N N

23 KONKAN & GOA N N N N N AN AN

24 MADHYA MAHARASHTRA N N N N N N AN

25 MARATHAWADA N N AN AN AAN AAN AAN

26 VIDARBHA N N N AN AAN AAN AAN

27 CHHATTISGARH AN N AN AN AN AN AAN

28 COASTAL ANDHRA PR. & YANAM N N N N N N N

29 TELANGANA N N N N AN AN AAN

30 RAYALASEEMA N N N N N AN AN

31 TAMIL. PUDU. & KARAIKAL N N N N N N N

32 COASTAL KARNATAKA BN N AN AN AN AN N

33 NORTH INTERIOR KARNATAKA N N N N N N N

34 SOUTH INTERIOR KARNATAKA N N N N N N N

35 KERALA & MAHE N N N N N N N

36 LAKSHADWEEP N N N N N N N

Highest Maximum Temperature (°C) 42.0 42.3 42.8 42.6 43.0 43.4 44.2

Station/(s) observed HMT Âkola Âkola Âkola ^Kandla ^Khargone Chandrapur Chandrapur Station/(s) lies in Met-Subdivision/(s) ^Vidarbha ^Vidarbha ^Vidarbha Sau. & Kutch West.MP Vidarbha Vidarbha

Lowest Minimum Temperature (°C) 15.4 15.6 12.8 13.6 14.0 14.9 15.2

Station/(s) observed LMT Meerut Chittorgarh Amritsar Rewa Rewa Fatehgarh MALANJKHAND ^{REWA AND}

Station/(s) lies in Met-Subdivision/(s) West U.P. East Raj. Punjab East MP East MP East UP E.MP LEGENDS:

N- NORM AL LONG PERIOD AVERAGE ±1ÔC BN -BELOW NORMAL (N-2)ÔC AN -ABOVE NORMAL (N+2)ÔC ABN- APPRECIABLY BELOW NORMAL (3.1 to 4.9)ÔC BELOW NORMAL AAN- APPRECIABLY ABOVE NORMAL (3.1 to 4.9)ÔC ABOVE NORMAL

MBN M ARKEDLY BELOW NORM AL 5^OC OR MORE BELOW NORMAL MAN- M ARKEDLY ABOVE NORM AL 5^OC OR MORE ABOVENORMAL

- Cold Wave (Minimum temperature departure from Normal -4.5 ÔC to -6.4ÔC) ⁺Heat Wave (Maximum temperature departure from Normal +4.5 ÔC to +6.4ÔC)

- - Severe Cold Wave (Minimum temperature departure from Norma ≤ -6.5^OC) ⁺⁺Severe Heat Wave (Maximum temperature departure from Normal ≥ +6.5^OC)

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Table-2

STATEWISE DISTRIBUTION OF NO. OF DISTRICTS WITH EXCESS, NORMAL,DEFICIENT,SCANTY AND NO RAINFALL S.

NO. STATES PERIOD FROM : 01.03.2022 TO 30.03.2022

LE E N D LD NR ND TOTAL

1 A & N ISLAND (UT) 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 3

2. ARUNACHAL PRADESH 1 0 2 3 9 0 1 16

3. ASSAM 1 1 1 13 10 1 0 27

4. MEGHALAYA 1 0 0 1 4 1 0 7

5. NAGALAND 0 0 0 2 9 0 0 11

6. MANIPUR 1 0 1 4 2 0 1 9

7. MIZORAM 0 0 0 0 8 0 0 8

8. TRIPURA 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 4

9. SIKKIM 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 4

10. WEST BENGAL 0 0 3 2 3 11 0 19

11. ODISHA 0 0 0 0 10 20 0 30

12. JHARKHAND 0 0 0 0 7 17 0 24

13. BIHAR 0 0 0 0 0 38 0 38

14. UTTAR PRADESH 0 0 0 0 2 73 0 75

15. UTTARAKHAND 0 0 0 0 8 5 0 13

16. HARYANA 0 0 0 0 2 20 0 22

17. CHANDIGARH (UT) 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1

18. DELHI 0 0 0 0 0 9 0 9

19. PUNJAB 0 0 0 0 12 10 0 22

20. HIMACHAL PRADESH 0 0 0 0 12 0 0 12

21. JAMMU & KASHMIR(UT) 0 0 0 1 19 0 0 20

22. LADAKH(UT) 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 2

23. RAJASTHAN 5 2 2 5 10 9 0 33

24. MADHYA PRADESH 6 0 2 8 9 27 0 52

25. GUJARAT 0 0 0 1 1 31 0 33

26. DADRA & NAGAR HAVELI (UT) 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1

27. DAMAN & DIU (UT) 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 2

28. GOA 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 2

29. MAHARASHTRA 5 2 3 1 5 20 0 36

30. CHHATISGARH 0 0 1 0 9 17 0 27

31. ANDHRA PRADESH 0 0 0 4 8 1 0 13

32. TELANGANA 0 0 1 3 16 13 0 33

33. TAMILNADU 2 1 10 14 10 1 0 38

34. PUDUCHERRY (UT) 1 0 0 0 2 1 0 4

35. KARNATAKA 9 7 3 8 3 0 0 30

36. KERALA 5 5 1 2 1 0 0 14

37. LAKSHADWEEP (UT) 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1

TOTAL 40 19 35 76 194 329 2 695

CATEGORYWISE DISTRIBUTION OF DISTRICTS OUT OF THE 693 WHOSE DATA RECEIVED

6% 3% 5% 11% 28% 47%

PERCENT DISTRIBUTION OF DISTRICTS IN EARLIER YEARS SINCE 1st MARCH

DATE LE E N D LD NR

31.03.2021 7%

61%

4%

5%

7%

16%

6%

32%

14%

34%

01.04.2020 7%

27.03.2019 7% 6% 13% 18% 29% 27%

28.03.2018 10% 3% 5% 9% 31% 42%

29.03.2017 20% 7% 15% 16% 20% 22%

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Table-3

RAINFALL DURING PRE-MONSOON SEASON

S.

No.

Meteorological Sub-Divisions

For the period from 1

^st

March to 29 MAR

2017

28 MAR 2018

27 MAR 2019

01 APR 2020

31 MAR 2021

30 MAR 2022 1. Andaman &

Nicobar Islands A N D

30 24 +27

21 23 -10

22 * -99

29 * -99

38 28 +37

133 27 +393 2. Arunachal

Pradesh

A N D

200 165 +21

135 161 -16

111 155 -29

193 50 -74

182 98 -46

173 67 -61 3 Assam &

Meghalaya

A N D

59 69 -14

59 66 -11

33 63 -47

29 83 -65

39 77 -49

42 72 -42 4.

Nagaland, Manipur, Mizo.

& Tripura

A N D

87 69 +26

16 65 -75

35 61 -42

10 72 -86

37 66 -45

26 62 -58 5.

Sub-Himalayan West Bengal &

Sikkim

A N D

72 57 +27

48 56 -13

55 54 +2

65 59 +10

59 56 +5

39 52 -25 6. Gangetic West

Bengal

A N D

31 25 +20

25 3 -88

40 24 +66

54 31 +71

30 6 -80

29 1 -98 7. Odisha

A N D

30 24 +23

23 1 -96

25 23 +10

62 24 +155

23 5 -78

23 1 -96 8. Jharkhand

A N D

15 4 -72

15 * -98

19 15 +33

88 16 +463

15 9 -38

15 1 -90 9. Bihar

A N D

23 9 +158

0 9 -99

3 9 -60

46 8 +451

1 8 -82

0 8 -100 10. East Uttar

Pradesh

A N D

4 8 -48

0 8 -99

5 8 -41

38 7 +447

* 7 -94

0 6 -100 11. West Uttar

Pradesh

A N D

11 8 -21

11 1 -86

10 5 -48

48 9 +406

1 9 -92

0 9 -99 12. Uttarakhand

A N D

45 54 -18

23 53 -57

33 52 -38

118 56 +110

11 55 -80

53 2 -96 13.

Haryana, Chandigarh &

Delhi

A N D

12 7 -41

12 * -96

12 7 -37

70 12 +472

12 4 -64

12 * -99 14. Punjab

A N D

15 24 -41

24 5 -80

24 9 -61

85 24 +256

24 7 -70

23 *

-98

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S. No.

Meteorological Sub-Divisions

For the period from 1

^st

March to 29 MAR

2017

28 MAR 2018

27 MAR 2019

01 APR 2020

31 MAR 2021

30 MAR 2022 15. Himachal

Pradesh

A N D

109 57 -47

107 35 -67

104 61 -42

170 112 +52

111 42 -62

109 5 -95 16.

Jammu &

Kashmir and Ladakh

A N D

146 85 -42

142 60 -58

139 79 -43

215 155 +38

104 152 -32

150 18 -88 17. West Rajasthan

A N D

4 4 +17

* 3 -97

1 3 -56

19 5 +321

1 5 -79

1 4 -71 18. East Rajasthan

A N D

5 3 +52

* 3 -92

1 3 -78

21 4 +497

3 3 -9

3 3 -8 19. West Madhya

Pradesh

A N D

1 4 -67

1 4 -89

2 4 -58

15 5 +225

8 4 +89

3 4 -38 20. East Madhya

Pradesh

A N D

12 2 -83

11 * -97

13 11 +25

43 11 +284

11 7 -36

11 1 -93 21. Gujarat Region

A N D

0 1 -100

3 1 +216

0 1 -100

0 1 -99 22. Saurashtra &

Kutch

A N D

0 1 -100

0 1 -99

1 1 -24

0 1 -100

0 1 -100 23. Konkan & Goa

A N D

0 0 -100

1 0 +9271

0 0 -100

0 1 -99

* 1 -83

1 1 +26 24. Madhya

Maharashtra

A N D

2 * -82

1 2 -80

* 2 -89

9 3 +184

4 3 +49

3 3 +3 25. Marathawada

A N D

5 5 -10

2 5 -67

* 5 -95

13 6 +107

6 6 +1

1 6 -83 26. Vidarbha

A N D

11 6 -46

11 2 -81

11 4 -64

28 11 +166

12 10 +13

10 0 -99 27. Chhattisgarh

A N D

11 3 -71

11 1 -96

13 10 +29

51 11 +361

11 4 -62

10 1 -91 28.

Coastal Andhra Pradesh &

Yanam

A N D

12 10 +23

10 8 -21

10 7 -27

21 14 +48

13 1 -95

13 3 -73 29. Telangana

A N D

9 9 -2

5 9 -37

2 9 -77

16 12 +37

12 * -97

12 2

-86

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S. No.

Meteorological Sub-Divisions

For the period from 1 March to 29 MAR

2017

28 MAR 2018

27 MAR 2019

01 APR 2020

31 MAR 2021

30 MAR 2022 30. Rayalaseema

A N D

13 6 +113

23 6 +289

6 * -98

10 7 -33

0 9 -100

3 9 -62 31.

Tamil Nadu, Puducherry &

Karaikal

A N D

35 17 +105

25 17 +52

16 3 -81

22 4 -81

21 7 -65

12 21 -43 32. Coastal

Karnataka

A N D

3 4 -22

24 3 +615

3 3 +13

7 8 -9

18 8 +128

20 7 +170 33. North Interior

Karnataka

A N D

11 5 +129

9 4 +101

4 4 +9

12 8 +53

1 7 -86

7 7 +4 34. South Interior

Karnataka

A N D

17 8 +119

28 7 +294

1 7 -89

12 9 -29

11 2 -83

18 11 +67 35. Kerala & Mahe

A N D

84 27 +210

46 26 +79

13 24 -46

43 35 +25

54 33 +64

45 31 +47 36. Lakshadweep

A N D

100 11 +787

155 10 +1393

10 4 -58

14 11 +25

11 9 -13

11 11 +0 Country as a

whole

A N D

25.6 28.8 -11

15.1 27.9 -46

17.2 27.1 -36

45.9 31.5 +46

16.7 30.4 -45

8.3 29.4

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No. of Sub-Divisions with rainfall

For the period from 1

^st

March to 29 MAR

2017

28 MAR 2018

27 MAR 2019

01 APR 2020

31 MAR 2021

30 MAR 2022

Large Excess 07 07 01 18 03 03

Excess 08 01 03 07 02 02

Normal 05 04 04 02 05 04

Total 20 12 08 27 10 09

Deficient 08 04 14 03 06 05

Large Deficient 05 18 12 06 17 19

No rain 03 02 02 00 03 3

Total 16 24 28 09 26 27

Data Inadequate 00 00 00 00 00 00

TOTAL 36 36 36 36 36 36

*

Data is rounded off to nearest full figure according to Meteorological convention.

SEASONS : WINTER SEASON (January-February) PRE-MONSOON SEASON (March-May)

MONSOON SEASON (June-September) POST-MONSOON SEASON (October-December) LEGENDS:

Large Excess: (+60% or more) Large Deficient: (-60% to -99%) A: Actual Rainfall (mm) Excess: (+20% to +59%) Deficient: (-20% to -59%) N: Normal Rainfall (mm)

Normal: (+19% to -19%) No Rain (-100%) D: Departure from normal (%)

Data Inadequate: ** Rainfall upto 0.4 mm : *

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