Spatial Patterns of Weekly Rainfall Anomalies (%)
These charts are based on the weekly mean rainfall anomalies (percentage departures from the long-term mean for the corresponding week) for 36 meteorological subdivisions of India, computed from real-time reports and published in the Weekly Weather Reports issued by the India Meteorological Department. Spatial patterns for the month of May are displayed to give the idea of Monsoon Onset. Each row of the panels corresponds to the week ending the date indicated. In each row, the three panels indicate, from left to right, the mean daily rainfall in the week, the corresponding normal for the week and the percent departure.
Rainfall for the May 27-June 02, June 03-09, June 10-16
Rainfall for the June 17-23, June 24-30, July 01-07
Rainfall for the July 08-14, July 15-21, July 22-28
Rainfall for the July 29-August 04, August 05-11, August 12-18
Rainfall for the August 19-25, August 26-Sept 01, Sept 02-08
Rainfall for the Sept 09-15, Sept 16-22, Sept 23-29
Charts prepared
by J.V.
Revadekar
Monsoon On Line :
Last updated : Sept 29, 2010.