Friday 22 January 2021 - Time of Issue: 0800 hours IST

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Friday 22 January 2021 MORNING Time of Issue: 0800 hours IST ALL INDIA WEATHER SUMMARY AND FORECAST BULLETIN

Significant Weather Features

♦ A fresh Western Disturbance as a trough in mid tropospheric westerlies with its axis at 5.8 km above mean sea level runs roughly along Long. 58°E to the north of Lat. 32°N. Under its influence, scattered to fairly widespread rain/snow likely over Jammu & Kashmir, Ladakh, Gilgit-Baltistan & Muzaffarabad and Himachal Pradesh and isolated rain/snow over Uttarakhand during 22nd-24th and very light/light rain/thundershower likely at isolated places over Punjab and Haryana, Chandigarh

& Delhi on 23rd January, 2021. Heavy rain/snow very likely at isolated places over Jammu & Kashmir, Ladakh, Gilgit- Baltistan & Muzaffarabad on 23rd January, 2021. Isolated thunderstorm with lightning & hail also likely over Jammu &

Kashmir, Ladakh, Gilgit-Baltistan & Muzaffarabad on 22nd and over Himachal Pradesh and Uttarakhand on 23rd January, 2021.

♦ Rise in minimum temperatures by 2-4°C very likely during next 48 hours (23rd-24th January) and fall by 2-4°C during subsequent 48 hours (25th-26th January) over the plains of Northwest India.

♦ Dense to very dense Fog in isolated pockets very likely over Assam & Meghalaya and Nagaland, Manipur, Mizoram &

Tripura during 23rd-26th and over Sub-Himalayan West Bengal during morning hours of 23rd January, 2021.

Main Weather Observations

♦ Rain/Thundershowers observed (during 0830-1730 hours IST of yesterday): at isolated places over Arunachal Pradesh, Assam &

Meghalaya and Tamilnadu, Puducherry & Karaikal.

♦ Rainfall recorded (during 0830-1730 hours IST of yesterday) (1 cm or more): Nil.

♦ Fog observed (at 0530 hours IST of today): Dense to Very dense fog reported in some pockets over East Uttar Pradesh; in isolated pockets over Punjab, Bihar, Sub- Himalayan West Bengal & Sikkim, Assam & Meghalaya, Nagaland, Manipur, Mizoram & Tripura;

Dense fog in isolated pockets over Haryana & Chandigarh and Moderate fog in isolated pockets over Delhi.

♦ Visibility (at 0530 hours IST of today) (500 meter or less): Patiala, Gorakhpur, Bhagalpur, Malda- 25 each; Amritsar, Baharaich, Lucknow, Sultanpur, Varanasi, Purnea, Agartala and Dibrugarh- 50 each; Ambala, Chandigarh, Patna- 200 each; Delhi (Safdarjung), Bareilly and Silchar -500.

♦ Maximum Temperature Departures as on 21-01-2021: Maximum temperatures were markedly above normal (5.1°C or more) at a few places over Himachal Pradesh an West Rajasthan; appreciably above normal (3.1°C to 5.0°C) at isolated places over Gujarat state, West Madhya Pradesh, Coastal Andhra Pradesh & Yanam and Tamilnadu, Puducherry & Karaikal; above normal (1.6°C to 3.0°C) at most places over East Rajasthan, Jharkhand and South Interior Karnataka; at many places over East Madhya Pradesh, North Interior Karnataka, Rayalseema and Telangana; at a few places over Odisha, Gangetic West Bengal, Coastal Karnataka and Vidarbha and at isolated places over Haryana, Chandigarh & Delhi, Kerala & Mahe and Madhya Maharashtra. They were markedly below normal (- 5.1°C or less) at isolated places over East Uttar Pradesh; appreciably below normal (-3.1°C to -5.0°C) at many places over Assam

& Meghalaya and at a few places over Arunachal Pradesh; below normal (-1.6°C to -3.0°C) at a few places over West Uttar Pradesh and Bihar and at isolated places over Sub-Himalayan West Bengal & Sikkim and near normal over rest parts of the country. Yesterday, the highest maximum temperature of 36.0°C is reported at Madurai (Tamil Nadu) over the country.

♦ Minimum Temperature Departures as on 21-01-2021: Minimum temperatures were markedly above normal (5.1°C or more) at a few places over Nagaland, Mizoram, Manipur & Tripura; appreciably above normal (3.1°C to 5.0°C) at many places over Marathawada and Tamilnadu, Puducherry & Karaikal; at a few places over Odisha, Chhattisgarh and Madhya Maharashtra; at isolated places over Assam

& Meghalaya; above normal (1.6°C to 3.0°C) at most places over Kerala & Mahe; at many places over Gujarat Region and Vidarbha; at a few places over West Bengal & Sikkim, East Madhya Pradesh and Coastal Andhra Pradesh & Yanam; at isolated places over Rayalaseema. They were appreciably below normal (-3.1°C to -5.0°C) at a few places over Jammu, Kashmir, Ladakh, Gilgistan, Baltistan & Muzaffrabad; below normal (-1.6°C to -3.0°C) at a few places over East Rajasthan and Saurashtra & Kutch; at isolated places over West Rajasthan and near normal over rest parts of the country. Yesterday, the lowest minimum temperature of 3.4°C reported at Amritsar (Punjab) over the plains of the country.

* Red color warning does not mean "Red Alert" Red color warning means "Take Action".

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Meteorological Analysis (Based on 0530 hours IST)

♦ A fresh Western Disturbance as a trough in mid tropospheric westerlies with its axis at 5.8 km above mean sea level runs roughly along Long. 58°E to the north of Lat. 32°N .

♦ The cyclonic circulation over Sub-Himalayan West Bengal & neighbourhood between 3.1 km & 3.6 km above mean sea level persists.

♦ The cyclonic circulation over northeast Bangladesh & neighbourhood extending upto 0.9 km above mean sea level persists.

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

**Weather Forecast for next 5 days * upto 0830 hours IST of 27th January, 2021**

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

♦ Rise in minimum temperatures by 2-4°C very likely during next 48 hours (23rd-24th January) and fall by 2-4°C during subsequent 48 hours (25th-26th January) over the plains of Northwest India.

♦ No significant change in minimum temperatures very likely during next 24 hours and rise by 2-3°C during subsequent 2-3 days over most parts of East India.

♦ No significant change in minimum temperatures very likely during next 2 days and fall by 2-4°C during subsequent 2-3 days over most parts of Central India.

♦ Rise in minimum temperatures by 2-3°C over Gujarat during next 24 hours and fall by 2-4°C during subsequent 2-3 days. No significant change in minimum temperatures very likely during next 24 hours and fall by 2-4°C during subsequent 3 days over most parts of Maharashtra.

♦ No significant change in minimum temperatures over rest parts of the country during next 2-3 days.

Weather Outlook for subsequent 2 days from 27th January, 2021 to 29th January, 2021

♦ Isolated to scattered rain/thundershower over Andaman & Nicobar islands.

♦ Weather likely to be dry over remaining parts of the country.

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Weather Warning during next 5 days *

22 January (Day 1): ♦ Dense to Very Dense Fog in isolated pockets very likely over Sub-Himalayan West Bengal and Dense Fog in isolated pockets over East Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Assam & Meghalaya and Nagaland, Manipur, Mizoram & Tripura.

♦ Thunderstorm accompanied with lightning & hail at isolated places very likely over Jammu & Kashmir, Ladakh, Gilgit- Baltistan & Muzaffarabad.

♦ Strong Winds (speed reaching 45-55 kmph) very likely over Northwest Arabian Sea. Fishermen are advised not to venture into this area.

23 January (Day 2): ♦ Dense to Very Dense Fog in isolated pockets very likely over Assam & Meghalaya and Nagaland,

Manipur, Mizoram & Tripura.

♦ Thunderstorm accompanied with lightning & hail at isolated places very likely over Himachal Pradesh and Uttarakhand;

with lightning at isolated places over Jammu & Kashmir, Ladakh, Gilgit-Baltistan & Muzaffarabad.

♦ Heavy rain/snow at isolated places very likely over Jammu & Kashmir, Ladakh, Gilgit-Baltistan & Muzaffarabad.

♦ Strong Winds (speed reaching 45-55 kmph) very likely over Northwest Arabian Sea. Fishermen are advised not to venture into this area.

24 January (Day 3): ♦ Dense to Very Dense Fog in isolated pockets very likely over Assam & Meghalaya and Nagaland,

Manipur, Mizoram & Tripura and Dense Fog in isolated pockets over Punjab and Haryana, Chandigarh & Delhi.

25 January (Day 4): ♦ Dense to Very Dense Fog in isolated pockets likely over Assam & Meghalaya and Nagaland,

Manipur, Mizoram & Tripura and Dense Fog in isolated pockets over Punjab, Haryana, Chandigarh & Delhi and Uttar Pradesh.

26 January (Day 5): ♦ Dense to Very Dense Fog in isolated pockets likely over Assam & Meghalaya and Nagaland,

Manipur, Mizoram & Tripura and Dense Fog in isolated pockets over Punjab, Haryana, Chandigarh & Delhi and Uttar Pradesh.

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Table-1

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ALL INDIA WEEKLY WEATHER REPORT 14 JANUARY – 20 JANUARY 2021

Table-1(A)

Table-1(B) Table-1(C)

Table-2 Table-3 Fig-1 Fig-2

Annexure-1

SIGNIFICANT WEATHER FEATURES

♦ Northeast Monsoon rains have ceased over Tamilnadu, Puducherry & Karaikal, Kerala & Mahe and adjoining areas of Andhra Pradesh and Karnataka from 19

^th

January 2021.

♦ Movement of easterly waves has caused isolated to scattered rainfall/thunderstorms over extreme south Peninsula, Andaman & Nicobar and Lakshadweep islands during the week; it has also caused isolated intense to very intense rainfall activity over Tamil Nadu, Puducherry & Karaikkal on one or two days in the beginning of the week.

♦ Remnants of Western Disturbance have caused isolated to scattered rainfall/thunderstorm activity over parts of Northeast India and Sub Himalayan West Bengal & Sikkim towards the end of the week.

Heavy Rainfall:

♦ Heavy to very heavy rainfall had occurred at isolated places over Tamil Nadu, Puducherry & Karaikkal on one day during the week.

♦ Heavy rainfall had occurred at isolated places over Tamil Nadu, Puducherry & Karaikkal on one day during the week.

Fog:

♦ Dense to very dense fog had occurred at most places over Haryana, Chandigarh & Delhi, East and West Uttar Pradesh on one day each; at many places over Punjab, East Uttar Pradesh and Bihar on two days each and over Haryana, Chandigarh & Delhi, West Uttar Pradesh, Sub Himalayan West Bengal & Sikkim and West Rajasthan on one day each; at a few places over East & West Uttar Pradesh on two days each and over Haryana, Chandigarh & Delhi, Sub Himalayan West Bengal & Sikkim, West Rajasthan and Bihar on one day each; at isolated places over Punjab, West Rajasthan and West Madhya Pradesh on three days each, over West Uttar Pradesh and East Madhya Pradesh on two days each and over Haryana, Chandigarh & Delhi, East Uttar Pradesh, Sub Himalayan West Bengal & Sikkim, East Rajasthan , Bihar, Assam & Meghalaya and Tamil Nadu, Puducherry & Karaikkal on one day each during the week.

♦ Dense fog had occurred at most places over Punjab on one day; at a few places over Haryana, Chandigarh

& Delhi on three days and over Bihar, Jharkhand, Odisha, Gangetic West Bengal, Arunachal Pradesh, Assam

& Meghalaya, Nagaland, Manipur, Mizoram & Tripura and Coastal Andhra Pradesh & Yanam on one day each;

at isolated places over Assam & Meghalaya on three days, over Nagaland, Manipur, Mizoram & Tripura and Uttarakhand on two days each and over Jharkhand, Odisha, Jammu Kashmir & Ladakh, Himachal Pradesh, Punjab, Sub Himalayan West Bengal & Sikkim and East Uttar Pradesh on one day each during the week.

Temperature Scenario:

Cold Day

♦ Cold day to severe cold day conditions had occurred at many places over Haryana, Chandigarh & Delhi and Punjab on one day each; at isolated places over Bihar and West Rajasthan on three days each, over East Uttar Pradesh on two days and over Punjab and West Uttar Pradesh on one day each during the week.

♦ Cold day conditions at many places with severe cold day conditions at isolated places had occurred over Bihar on one day during the week.

♦ Cold day conditions had occurred at isolated places over Haryana, Chandigarh & Delhi on four days, over Punjab and East Uttar Pradesh on two days each and over West Rajasthan, West Uttar Pradesh and Bihar on one day each during the week.

Cold Wave

♦ Cold wave to severe cold wave conditions had occurred at isolated places over East and West Rajasthan on one day each during the week.

♦ Cold wave conditions had occurred at many places over Punjab, Haryana, Chandigarh & Delhi and East &

West Uttar Pradesh on one day each; at isolated places over East Madhya Pradesh and Odisha on three days each, over Punjab, West Uttar Pradesh, West Madhya Pradesh and Gangetic West Bengal on two days each and over East Uttar Pradesh and East & West Rajasthan on one day each during the week.

♦ The lowest minimum temperature of 1.8

^o

C had been recorded at Narnaul (Haryana) on 14

^th

January 2021 over the plains of the country during the week.

LEGEND: A few days- 3 days, Many days- 4 to 5 days and Most days- 6 to 7 days during the week.

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

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METEOROLOGICAL ANALYSIS

♦ Last week’s trough of Low at mean sea level from Comorin-Maldives area to Lakshadweep area has become less marked; however, the cyclonic circulation over Comorin-Maldives area which lay embedded in that trough in the last week lay over Southeast Arabian Sea and adjoining Maldives area and extended upto 5.8 km above mean sea level with a trough from this circulation to Comorin area with its vertical extension upto 1.5 km above mean level on 14

^th

January 2021; The cyclonic circulation lay over central parts of South Arabian Sea and adjoining Equatorial Indian Ocean and extended upto 5.8 km above mean sea level with a trough from this circulation to Comorin area with its vertical extension upto 1.5 km above mean level on 15

^th

; the cyclonic circulation over central parts of South Arabian Sea and adjoining Equatorial Indian Ocean persisted over the same area and extended upto 4.5 km above mean sea level with the trough from this circulation to Comorin area with its vertical extension upto 1.5 km above mean level on 16

; it lay over Southwest Bay of Bengal off Sri Lanka coast between 4.5 km & 5.8 km above mean sea level on 17

^th

and it persisted over the same region between the same levels on 18

; it has become less marked on 18

^th

January 2021.

♦ A cyclonic circulation lay over interior Odisha & neighbourhood at 0.9 km above mean sea level on 17

^th

January 2021; it has become less marked on 18

^th

January 2021.

♦ A cyclonic circulation lay over East Bangladesh & neighbourhood and extended upto 1.5 km above mean sea level on 17

^th

January 2021; it persisted over the same region and extended upto 2.1 km above mean sea level on 18

^th

; it persisted over the same region and extended upto 0.9 km above mean sea level on 19

^th

; it lay over south Assam & neighbourhood and extended upto 0.9 km above mean sea level on 20

^th

January 2021.

♦ A cyclonic circulation lay over Southwest Bay of Bengal & adjoining Equatorial Indian Ocean and extended upto 2.1 km above mean sea level on 17

^th

January 2021; it lay over Equatorial Indian Ocean &

adjoining Southwest Bay of Bengal and extended upto 2.1 km above mean sea level on 18

EXCESS (+20% to +59%) 1 2

NORMAL (+19% to -19%) 3 5

DEFICIENT (-20% to -59%) 1 4

LARGE DEFICIENT (-60% to -99%) 1 6

NO RAIN (-100%) 26 5

Cumulative rainfall

(mm) Actual Normal % Departure Actual Normal % Departure

EAST & NORTH-EAST INDIA 2.3 4.3 -46% 3.8 9.8 -62%

NORTH-WEST INDIA 0.0 7.8 -99% 25.7 18.5 +39%

CENTRAL INDIA 0.0 1.5 -100% 3.3 4.8 -32%

SOUTH PENINSULA 6.7 2.1 +220% 45.4 6.9 +558%

country as a whole

1.7 4.0 -58% 18.5 10.2 +82%

 Sub-division wise weekly and seasonal rainfall distribution is presented in Fig-1 and Fig-2.

 Sub-divisionwise daily distribution of realised rainfall is shown in Table-1(A).

 Sub-divisionwise departure of realised minimum temperature from Normal is shown in Table-1(C)

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

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

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

FORECAST & WARNING FOR THE NEXT WEEK 21 JANUARY TO 27 JANUARY 2021

 Detailed seven days Sub-division wise rainfall-forecast & weather-warning is given in Table-1(B).

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Table-1 (A)

METEOROLOGICAL SUB-DIVISIONWISE DISTRIBUTION OF REALISED RAINFALL-2021

S.No. MET.SUB-DIVISIONS 14 JAN 15 JAN 16 JAN 17 JAN 18 JAN 19 JAN 20 JAN

1 ANDAMAN & NICO.ISLANDS D D D SCT FWS ISOL SCT

2 ARUNACHAL PRADESH ISOL D D ISOL D SCT WS

3 ASSAM & MEGHALAYA ISOL D D D D ISOL SCT

4 NAGA.MANI.MIZO.& TRIPURA D D D D D D D

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

6 GANGETIC WEST BENGAL D D D D D D D

7 ODISHA D D D D D D D

8 JHARKHAND D D D D D D D

9 BIHAR D D D D D D D

10 EAST UTTAR PRADESH D D D D D D D

11 WEST UTTAR PRADESH D D D D D D D

12 UTTARAKHAND D D D D D D D

13 HARYANA CHD. & DELHI D D D D D D D

14 PUNJAB D D D D D D D

15 HIMACHAL PRADESH D D D D D D D

16 JAMMU & KASHMIR AND LADAKH D D D D D D D

17 WEST RAJASTHAN D D D D D D D

18 EAST RAJASTHAN D D D D D D D

19 WEST MADHYA PRADESH D D D D D D D

20 EAST MADHYA PRADESH D D D D D D D

21 GUJARAT REGION D D D D D D D

22 SAURASTRA & KUTCH D D D D D D D

23 KONKAN & GOA D D D D D D D

24 MADHYA MAHARASHTRA D D D D D D D

25 MARATHAWADA D D D D D D D

26 VIDARBHA D D D D D D D

27 CHHATTISGARH D D D D D D D

28 COASTAL ANDHRA PR. & YANAM D D D D D D D

29 TELANGANA D D D D D D D

30 RAYALASEEMA D D D D D D D

31 TAMIL. PUDU. & KARAIKAL FWS FWS SCT ISOL ISOL D ISOL

32 COASTAL KARNATAKA D D D FWS D D D

33 NORTH INT.KARNATAKA D D D D D D D

34 SOUTH INT.KARNATAKA ISOL ISOL D ISOL D D D

35 KERALA & MAHE FWS ISOL ISOL SCT ISOL D D

36 LAKSHADWEEP WS SCT FWS FWS SCT D D

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 & Wx. WARNINGS-2021

Sr. No MET.SUB-DIVISIONS 21 JAN 22 JAN 23 JAN 24 JAN 25 JAN 26 JAN 27 JAN

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

2 ARUNACHAL PRADESH FWS D D ISOL ISOL ISOL D

3 ASSAM & MEGHALAYA SCT^F D^F D^F D^F D^F D D

4 NAGA.MANI.MIZO.& TRIPURA ISOL^F D^F D^F D^F D^F D D

5 SUB-HIM.W. BENG. & SIKKIM ISOL^F D^F D D D D D

6 GANGETIC WEST BENGAL D D D D D D D

7 ODISHA D D D D D D D

8 JHARKHAND D D D D D D D

9 BIHAR D^F^ D^F D D D D D

10 EAST UTTAR PRADESH D^F D^F D D D^F D D

11 WEST UTTAR PRADESH D^F D D D D^F D D

12 UTTARAKHAND D^F D ISOL^L^# ISOL D D D

13 HARYANA CHD. & DELHI D^F D ISOL D^F D^F D D

14 PUNJAB D^F D ISOL D^F D^F D D

15 HIMACHAL PRADESH D ISOL FWS^L^# SCT D D D

16 JAMMU & KASHMIR AND LADAKH D FWS^L WS^L^●/* SCT D D D

17 WEST RAJASTSAN D^F D D D D D D

18 EAST RAJASTSAN D D D D D D D

19 WEST MADHYA PRADESH D D D D D D D

20 EAST MADHYA PRADESH D D D D D D D

21 GUJARAT REGION D D D D D D D

22 SAURASTRA & KUTCH D D D D D D D

23 KONKAN & GOA D D D D D D D

24 MADHYA MAHARASHTRA D D D D D D D

25 MARATHAWADA D D D D D D D

26 VIDARBHA D D D D D D D

27 CHHATTISGARH D D D D D D D

28 COASTAL ANDHRA PR. & YANAM D D D D D D D

29 TELANGANA D D D D D D D

30 RAYALASEEMA D D D D D D D

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

32 COASTAL KARNATAKA D D D D D D D

33 NORTH INTERIOR KARNATAKA D D D D D D D

34 SOUTH INTERIOR KARNATAKA D D D D D D D

35 KERALA & MAHE ISOL ISOL D D D D D

36 LAKSHADWEEP D D D D D D D

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 ^DDuststorm ^$Thunderstorm with Squall ^L Thunderstorm with Lightning ^#Thunderstorm with Hail

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

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

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Table-1 (C)

METEOROLOGICAL SUB-DIVISIONWISE REALISED MINIMUM TEMPERATURE-2021

S.No MET.SUB-DIVISIONS 14 JAN 15 JAN 16 JAN 17 JAN 18 JAN 19 JAN 20 JAN

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

2 ARUNACHAL PRADESH N N N N N N N

3 ASSAM & MEGHALAYA N N N N N N AAN

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

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

6 GANGETIC WEST BENGAL N N N N N N N

7 ODISHA N N N N N N N

8 JHARKHAND N N BN N N N AAN

9 BIHAR N N N N N N N

10 EAST UTTAR PRADESH N N N AN N N N

11 WEST UTTAR PRADESH N N N N N N N

12 UTTARAKHAND N N N N N N N

13 HARYANA, CHD. & DELHI N N N N N N N

14 PUNJAB N N N N N AN N

15 HIMACHAL PRADESH N N N N N N N

16 JAMMU & KASHMIR AND LADAKH N N N N N N N

17 WEST RAJASTHAN N AAN N N N N N

18 EAST RAJASTHAN BN N N AAN N AN N

19 WEST MADHYA PRADESH BN N N N N MAN N

20 EAST MADHYA PRADESH ABN N N N N AN N

21 GUJARAT REGION N N N AAN N AN N

22 SAURASTRA & KUTCH N N N N N N N

23 KONKAN & GOA AN N N N N AN AN

24 MADHYA MAHARASHTRA N N N MAN MAN N N

25 MARATHAWADA N AAN AN N MAN MAN AAN

26 VIDARBHA N N N N N AN AAN

27 CHHATTISGARH BN BN N N N N N

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

29 TELANGANA AN AN N N N N N

30 RAYALASEEMA N N N N N N N

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

32 COASTAL KARNATAKA N N AN AAN AN AN N

33 NORTH INTERIOR KARNATAKA N N AN AAN N AAN AN

34 SOUTH INTERIOR KARNATAKA N AN AN N N N N

35 KERALA & MAHE AN AN N N N N N

36 LAKSHADWEEP N N N AN N N N

Lowest Minimum Temperature (°C) 1.8 3.4 2.6 1.9 3.5 5.0 4.4

Station(/s) observed LMT Narnaul Khajuraho Churk Churu Pantnagar Dehri &

Amritsar

Pilani, Amritsar Station(/s) lies in Met-Subdivision(/s) Haryana West M.P. East U.P. West Raj. Uttarakhand Bihar &

Punjab

East Raj., Punjab LEGENDS:

BN - BELOW NORMAL (N-2)^OC AN - ABOVE NORMAL (N+2)^OC

N - NORMAL (N+1,N-1)ÔC ABN - APPRECIABLY BELOW NORMAL (N-3.1 to -4.9)ÔC AAN - APPRECIABLY ABOVE NORMAL (N+3.1 to +4.9)ÔC MBN - MARKEDLY BELOW NORMAL (N-5 AND BELOW )ÔC MAN - MARKEDLY ABOVE NORMAL (N+5 AND ABOVE)ÔC

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

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

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Table-2

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

S. STATES PERIOD FROM : 01.01.2021 TO 20.01.2021

NO. LE E N D LD NR ND TOTAL

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

2. ARUNACHAL PRADESH 3 1 0 6 5 1 0 16

3. ASSAM 4 1 0 5 7 10 0 27

4. MEGHALAYA 0 0 0 0 0 7 0 7

5. NAGALAND 0 0 0 0 2 9 0 11

6. MANIPUR 0 0 0 0 0 9 0 9

7. MIZORAM 0 0 0 0 0 8 0 8

8. TRIPURA 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 4

9. SIKKIM 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 4

10. WEST BENGAL 0 0 0 1 1 17 0 19

11. ODISHA 0 0 0 0 0 30 0 30

12. JHARKHAND 0 0 0 0 0 24 0 24

13. BIHAR 0 0 0 0 4 34 0 38

14. UTTAR PRADESH 15 2 5 4 18 31 0 75

15. UTTARAKHAND 3 6 4 0 0 0 0 13

16. HARYANA 17 0 2 2 0 0 0 21

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

18. DELHI 8 0 0 0 0 0 1 9

19. PUNJAB 3 5 3 8 1 0 0 20

20. HIMACHAL PRADESH 0 0 3 9 0 0 0 12

21. JAMMU & KASHMIR(UT) 9 3 6 1 1 0 0 20

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

23. RAJASTHAN 22 2 1 2 1 5 0 33

24. MADHYA PRADESH 8 1 3 9 20 10 0 51

25. GUJARAT 8 0 0 0 1 24 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 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2

29. MAHARASHTRA 10 1 2 2 3 15 3 36

30. CHHATISGARH 0 0 0 0 0 27 0 27

31. ANDHRA PRADESH 5 0 0 0 1 7 0 13

32. TELANGANA 3 1 3 3 12 11 0 33

33. TAMILNADU 37 0 0 0 0 0 0 37

34. PUDUCHERRY (UT) 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 4

35. KARNATAKA 25 0 1 1 2 1 0 30

36. KERALA 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 14

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

TOTAL 200 24 37 55 82 288 4 690

CATEGORYWISE DISTRIBUTION

OF DISTRICTS OUT OF THE 29% 4% 5% 8% 12% 42%

686 WHOSE DATA RECEIVED

PERCENT DISTRIBUTION OF DISTRICTS IN EARLIER YEARS SINCE 1st JANUARY

DATE LE E N D LD NR

22.01.2020 49% 4% 10% 7% 12% 18%

23.01.2019 10% 4% 3% 6% 12% 65%

17.01.2018 2% 0% 2% 3% 8% 85%

18.01.2017 8% 3% 3% 7% 15% 64%

20.01.2016 0% 16% 8% 11% 23% 42%

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Table-3

RAINFALL DURING WINTER SEASON

S.

No.

Meteorological Sub-Divisions

For the period from 1

^st

January to 20 JAN

2016

22 FEB 2017

21 FEB 2018

23 JAN 2019

22 JAN 2020

20 Jan 2021 1. Andaman &

Nicobar Islands A N D

12 37 -67

232 79 +195

185 78 +138

174 40 +336

2 40 -95

36 39 -7

2. Arunachal Pradesh

A N D

22 26 -13

60 121 -51

88 116

-24

4 31 -87

46 27 +75

17 24 -30

3 Assam &

Meghalaya

A N D

11 11 -1

30 39 -23

9 38 -76

1 13 -89

13 11 +24

5 10 -54

4. Nagaland, Manipur, Mizo.

& Tripura

A N D

3 7 -59

2 35 -94

6 34 -82

* 10 -99

32 7 +378

0 5 -99

5. Sub-Himalayan West Bengal &

Sikkim

A N D

18 15 +16

6 52 -89

4 51 -92

1 18 -96

17 10 +62

4 9 -55

6. Gangetic West Bengal

A N D

8 8 +1

2 31 -94

0 30 -100

0 10 -100

23 8 +176

0 7 -100

7. Odisha

A N D

1 8 -87

2 26 -94

* 26 -99

0 9 -100

13 8 +61

0 8 -100

8. Jharkhand

A N D

13 9 +48

5 30 -82

2 30 -93

0 11 -100

23 7 +215

0 6 -100

9. Bihar

A N D

5 8 -29

* 21 -98

1 9 -94

10 6 +54

0 6 -99

10. East Uttar Pradesh

A N D

6 9 -36

10 27 -64

5 27 -83

3 11 -74

25 8 +225

* 7 -95

11. West Uttar Pradesh

A N D

2 11 -81

23 31 -27

7 31 -79

13 12 +11

28 7 +274

13 7 +99

12. Uttarakhand

A N D

3 27 -90

51 97 -47

24 95 -75

51 34 +51

101 23 +329

27 20 +39

13. Haryana, Chandigarh &

Delhi

A N D

0 10 -99

35 29 +17

9 29 -67

13 11 +20

16 8 +107

21 7 +202

14. Punjab

A N D

3 13 -72

45 44 +4

22 43 -49

28 14 +95

36 11 +242

10

9 +10

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S. No.

Meteorological Sub-Divisions

For the period from 1

^st

January January to 20 Jan

2016

22 FEB 2017

21 FEB 2018

23 JAN 2019

22 JAN 2020

20 Jan 2021 15. Himachal

Pradesh

A N D

7 53 -86

206 172 +20

41 170

-76

69 63 +11

102 54 +89

30 47 -35

16. Jammu &

Kashmir and Ladakh

A N D

18 54 -67

361 183 +98

61 180

-66

127 62 +105

127 61 +109

77 53 +46

17. West Rajasthan A N D

* 2 -94

6 6 -2

* 6 -96

5 2 +131

6 2 +183

4 2 +90

18. East Rajasthan A N D

1 4 -86

8 9 -9

* 9 -98

3 4 -39

3 3 -17

15 3 +433

19. West Madhya Pradesh

A N D

5 6 -18

7 13 -49

3 13 -74

1 6 -91

12 5 +153

5 4 +5

20. East Madhya Pradesh

A N D

19 12 +56

11 33 -65

19 32 -40

1 14 -95

31 11 +196

1 10 -95

21. Gujarat Region A N D

0 1 -100

3 1 +253

22. Saurashtra &

Kutch

A N D

0 * -100

*

* -68

0 * -99

1 * +810

*

* -22

0 * -100

23. Konkan & Goa A N D

0 * -100

0 * -99

0 * -100

0 1 -100

6 * +1312

24. Madhya Maharashtra

A N D

0 1 -100

0 2 -100

* 2 -92

0 1 -100

0 1 -99

19 1 +1327

25. Marathawada A N D

0 3 -100

0 6 -100

7 6 +24

0 3 -100

3 4 -14

3 3 -14

26. Vidarbha

A N D

1 7 -90

* 16 -98

20 15 +31

0 8 -100

20 7 +195

* 6 -96

27. Chhattisgarh

A N D

5 6 -17

2 18 -91

13 18 -29

0 8 -100

28 7 +327

0 6 -100

28. Coastal Andhra Pradesh &

Yanam

A N D

* 7 -98

1 16 -94

* 15 -99

0 7 -100

18 9 +107

10 9 +13

29. Telangana

A N D

1 5 -78

0 10 -100

3 10 -75

0 6 -100

6 7 -3

2

6 -73

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S. No.

Meteorological Sub-Divisions

For the period from 1

^st

January to 20 Jan

2016

22 FEB 2017

21 FEB 2018

23 JAN 2019

22 JAN 2020

20 Jan 2021 30. Rayalaseema

A N D

3 3 +30

4 6 -30

5 5 -14

0 3 -100

4 3 +33

23 3 +613

31. Tamil Nadu, Puducherry &

Karaikal

A N D

* 15 -99

38 28 +38

17 27 -38

0 16 -99

9 14 -37

138 14 +907

32. Coastal Karnataka

A N D

1 1 +26

1 1 +35

* 1 -78

0 1 -100

64 1 +4458

33. North Interior Karnataka

A N D

* 2 -76

0 3 -100

2 3 -34

0 2 -100

* 3 -85

8 3 +222

34. South Interior Karnataka

A N D

3 1 +190

5 3 +68

4 3 +15

0 1 -100

* 2 -94

27 2 +1377

35. Kerala & Mahe A N D

2 6 -72

13 19 -32

17 18 -6

0 6 -100

6 6 +2

104 6 +1697

36. Lakshadweep A N D

50 18 +182

22 33 -32

13 31 -59

0 19 -100

8 13 -37

167 12 +1258

Country as a whole A N D

2.9 4.2 -31

37.9 36.1 +5

12.7 35.4 -64

12.7 13.2 -3

24.4 11.3 +116

18.5 10.2 +82 SUMMARY

No. of Sub-Divisions with rainfall

For the period from 1

^st

January to 20 Jan

2016

22 FEB 2017

21 FEB 2018

23 JAN 2019

22 JAN 2020

20 Jan 2021 Large Excess

Excess Normal Total

- 06 06 12

03 03 04 10

01 02 03 06

05 02 02 09

19 03 04 26

14 02 05 21 Deficient

Large Deficient Scanty

No rain Total

03 - 16 05 24

08 12 - 06 26

07 21 - 02 30

01 09 - 17 27

03 04 - 03 10

04 06 - 05 15

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%) Scanty: (-20% to -99%) N: Normal Rainfall (mm)

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

Deficient: (-20% to -59%) Data Inadequate: ** Rainfall upto 0.4 mm : *

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Fig-1

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Fig-2

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ANNEXURE-1

RAINFALL DURING THE WEEK (in cm.) (14 January – 20 January 2021 )

14 JANUARY 2021

TAMIL.,PUDU.&KARAIKAL:

PAPANASAM-18, MANIMUTHARU-16, TUTICORIN-11, AMBASAMUDRAM-9, KADALADI-8, TIRUMAYAM-8, OTTAPADIRAM-7, PILAVAKKAL-7, THENKASI-7, ARIMALAM-7, VALINOKAM-7, THIRUVIDAIMARUTHUR-6, GUDALUR-6, THEKKADI-6, KODAIKANAL-6, VALINOKKAM ARG-6, ALANGUDI-6, SRIVILLIPUTHUR-5, KARIYAPATTI-5, KADAMBUR-5, CHERANMAHADEVI-5, TIRUPATTUR AP-5, KAMUDHI-5, PALAYAMKOTTAI-5, COONOOR PTO-5, VAIPPAR-5, SURANGUDI-5, KAYATHAR-5, MANIYACHI-5, SANKARANKOIL-5, RAMESWARAM-5, PAMBAN-5, KALLIKUDI-5, MUDUKULATUR-4, PERAIYUR-4, VEERAPANDI-4, JAYANKONDAM-4, SHENCOTTAH-4, COONOOR-4, SIVAGIRI-4, UTTAMAPALAYAM-4, PARAMAKUDI-4, TIRUMANGALAM-4, SATTUR-4, ARUPPUKOTTAI-4, KAYALPATTINAM-4, ANNAVASAL-4, DEVAKOTTAI-4, PUDUKOTTAI-4, THANJAI PAPANASAM-4, AYYAMPETTAI-4, VEMBAKOTTAI-4, VIRUDHUNAGAR-4, VEDASANDUR-4, SATANKULAM-3, AIRPORT MADURAI-3, KODAVASAL-3, RADHAPURAM-3, PATTUKOTTAI-3, KANYAKUMARI-3, SIVAKASI-3, PERIYAR-3, ARANMANAIPUDUR-3, MELUR-3, KARAMBAKUDI-3, AYIKUDI-3, GANDARVAKOTTAI-3, THIRUCHUZHI-3, TIRUCHENDUR-3, KULASEKARAPATTINAM-3, MANAMADURAI-3, CHITTAMPATTI-3, BODINAYAKANUR ARG-3, KOVILANKULAM-3, PERUNGALUR-3, SRIVAIKUNTAM-3, ILLUPPUR-3, MYLAUDY-3, R.S.MANGALAM-3, NANGUNERI-3, ILLAYANGUDI-3, KADAVUR-3, KUZHITHURAI-3, MANAPPARAI-3, ANDIPATTI-3, BUDALUR-3, VIRALIMALAI-3, THENPARANADU-3, MADUKKUR-3, KEERANUR-3, RAMANATHAPURAM-3, PADALUR-3, K BRIDGE-3, AVALANCHE-3, BODINAICKANUR-3, MARUNGAPURI-3, KOVILPATTI (DISTRICT: TRICHY)-3, KOVILPATTI (DISTRICT: TOOTHUKUDI)-3, PERAMBALUR-2, K.PARAMATHI-2, CHINNAKALAR-2, ARIYALUR-2, KOTTARAM-2, KOTHAGIRI-2, PULLAMBADI-2, THUVAKUDI IMTI-2, MANNARGUDI-2, MANDAPAM-2, SURALACODE-2, KODUMUDI-2, ADIRAMPATNAM-2, SAMAYAPURAM-2, TIRUPUVANAM-2, KETTI-2, MAYILADUTHURAI-2, PULIPATTI-2, DINDIGUL-2, KAMATCHIPURAM-2, AMARAVATHY DAM-2, PERIYAKULAM-2, CHITTAR –-2, PECHIPARAI-2, VALANGAIMAN-2, THIRUTHURAIPOONDI-2, UDUMALPET-2, TIRUVAIYARU-2, ERUMAPATTI-2, PALAVIDITHI-2, NAGERCOIL-2, USILAMPATTI-2, TIRUVARUR-2, TIRUPATTUR TOWN-2, ETTAYAPURAM-2, THIRUMANUR-2, PERUNCHANI DAM-2, NANNILAM-2, K.M.KOIL-2, THATHIENGRPET-2, ODANCHATRAM-2, VATHALAI ANAICUT-2, TIRUKATTUPALLI-2, RAJAPALAYAM-2, VALLAM-2, CHETTIKULAM-2, SIRKALI-2, VIRAGANUR DAM-2, SHOLAVANDAN-2, PALANI-2, UTHAGAMANDALAM-2, GRAND ANAICUT-2, KALUGUMALAI-2, VAIGAI DAM-2, MUSIRI-2, KANGEYAM-2, THANJAVUR-2, KUMBAKONAM-2, PARAMATHIVELUR-2, ERANIEL-2, LALGUDI-2, TONDI-2, BHOOTHAPANDY-1, THALAIGNAYER-1, EMERALAD-1, MOHANUR-1, ARAVAKURICHI-1, MANJALARU-1, NAMAKKAL-1, VADIPATTI-1, METTUPALAYAM-1, PONMALAI-1, ARANTANGI-1, UTHUKULI-1, TIRUVADANAI-1, UPPER BHAVANI-1, TALLAKULAM-1, THUCKALAY-1, NATHAM-1, METTUPATTI-1, THANJAVUR PTO-1, MANALMEDU-1, NILAKOTTAI-1, KADALKUDI-1, TIRUPPUR-1, PALLADAM-1, DHARAPURAM-1, VATTANAM-1, COLACHEL-1, SENDURAI-1, ORTHANAD-1, TIRUPATHUR-1, MUTHUPET-1, MADURAI SOUTH-1, COIMBATORE SOUTH-1, NEEDAMANGALAM-1, PANCHAPATTI-1, PERAVURANI-1, MIMISAL-1, AVINASI-1, MAYANUR-1, KULITHALAI-1, KARUR-1, PANDAVAIYAR HEAD-1, AVUDAYARKOIL-1, PONNAMARAVATHI-1, KRISHNARAYAPURAM-1, MULANUR-1, AGARAM SEEGOOR-1, THOGAMALAI-1, PERIYANAICKENPALAYAM-1, AIRPORT PEELAMEDU-1,

KERALA & MAHE:

MYLADUMPARA AGRI-6, THIRUVANANTHAPURAM-5, ARYANKAVU-4, NEDUMANGAD-3, TRIVANDRUM AERO-2, NEYYATTINKARA-2, KAYAMKULAM-2, KAYAMKULAM AGRI-2, VARKALA-1, KOLLAM RLY-1, CHENGANNUR-1, PUNALUR-1, KONNI-1,

LAKSHADWEEP: MINICOY-1.

15 JANUARY 2021

TAMIL.,PUDU.&KARAIKAL:

NAGAPATTINAM-9, RAMANATHAPURAM-8, THIRUTHURAIPOONDI-7, PAPANASAM-7, MANNARGUDI-7, MANDAPAM-7, MADUKKUR-6, MANIMUTHARU-6, RAMESWARAM-6, THALAIGNAYER-6, NEEDAMANGALAM-5, SRIVAIKUNTAM-5, TIRUVARUR-5, MUTHUPET-5, KAYALPATTINAM-5, PANDAVAIYAR HEAD-5, TIRUPOONDI-5, KARAIKAL-4, CHERANMAHADEVI-4, AMBASAMUDRAM-4, PATTUKOTTAI-4, COONOOR-4, TUTICORIN-4, THANJAVUR PTO-4, TIRUCHENDUR-4, SATANKULAM-4, KODAVASAL-4, ADIRAMPATNAM-4, COONOOR PTO-4, PAMBAN-4, MANIYACHI-3, TIRUVAIYARU-3, KULASEKARAPATTINAM-3, KADALADI-3, VEDARANYAM-3, KODAIKANAL-3, TIRUPATTUR AP-3, VALANGAIMAN-3, MANAPPARAI-3, ETTAYAPURAM-3, NANNILAM-3, ORTHANAD-3, AVALANCHE-3, VIRALIMALAI-3, SATTUR-3, PERAVURANI-3, KETTI-3, VEMBAKOTTAI-3, KOTHAGIRI-3, PONMALAI-3, THANJAI PAPANASAM-2, KAYATHAR-2, PALAYAMKOTTAI-2, AYYAMPETTAI-2, KOVILPATTI (DISTRICT:

TOOTHUKUDI)-2, KADAMBUR-2, KODUMUDI-2, PONDICHERRY-2, KARAIKUDI-2, MAYILADUTHURAI-2, RAJAPALAYAM-2, THANJAVUR-2, THIRUKOILUR ARG-2, UTHAGAMANDALAM-2, BUDALUR-2, SURANGUDI-2, GANDARVAKOTTAI-2, TIRUKOILUR-2, PERUNGALUR-2, OTTAPADIRAM-2, MANAMELKUDI (DISTRICT: