Dry Days Ahead: Monsoon likely to be below normalIndia anticipates below-average monsoon rains this year, with precipitation expected to be less than 90% of the long-period average. This f...
30 May, 2026, 05.30 AM IST
Macro, the Mightiest: Why India’s biggest macro variable still falls from the skyThe 2026 monsoon comes with a clear warning: Rainfall is forecast at 92% of the long-period average, with higher-than-usual probability of ...
24 May, 2026, 06.11 PM IST
Something coming: What scientists know about a potential 'super' El NinoA "super" El Nino is rapidly forming in the Pacific, with an 80% chance of development by July. While sea temperatures are rising exception...
22 May, 2026, 07.35 PM IST
Monsoon to arrive in Kerala on May 26, six days early; IMD forecasts below-normal rainfall for 2026The monsoon is expected to arrive in Kerala on May 26, six days earlier than usual. This early onset is significant as it precedes sowing f...
16 May, 2026, 12.26 AM IST
How El Nino could impact the world's weather in 2026/27Forecasters predict a strong El Nino developing in late 2026. This phenomenon is expected to bring hotter and drier weather to much of Asia...
24 Apr, 2026, 01.41 PM IST
Southwest monsoon to be 8% below Long Period Average: IMDIndia anticipates below-normal monsoon rainfall in 2026. Precipitation is projected to be 8% below the Long Period Average. This forecast r...
14 Apr, 2026, 01.10 AM IST
What is El Niño? How it may impact India’s monsoon in 2026The Reserve Bank of India has flagged El Niño as a potential inflation risk, following forecasts of below-normal monsoon rainfall in 2026. ...
08 Apr, 2026, 07.13 PM IST
Weather risks from possible El Nino and global tensions could pressure inflation in 2026: SBI reportGlobal weather patterns, including a potential El Nino in 2026, coupled with ongoing geopolitical risks impacting energy prices, could adve...
14 Mar, 2026, 11.35 AM IST
Scientists develop model to forecast timing of Indian monsoonScientists, including those of Indian-origin, have developed a new system which they say can provide farmers in India early forecasts of ex...
10 Feb, 2021, 06.07 PM IST
Disturbance from North Atlantic capable of derailing Indian monsoon: StudyThe findings suggest that modelling efforts ought to focus on including the influence of mid-latitudes, in addition to the Pacific and Indi...
17 Dec, 2020, 02.15 PM IST
- New tool to improve Indian monsoon forecast
New York, Oct 25 (IANS) Researchers from Florida State University in the US have created a tool for objectively defining the onset and demi...
25 Oct, 2017, 12.02 PM IST
Rain-boosting La Nina out, forecasters now fear El NinoChanges in temperature in the equatorial Pacific Ocean or El Nino Southern Oscillation are a key influence on the Indian monsoon.
15 Feb, 2017, 12.01 AM IST
Novel method to predict Indian monsoon earlyThe method is based on a network analysis of regional weather data, and the researchers will propose this approach to the Indian Meteorolog...
21 Apr, 2016, 01.06 PM IST
- Dust over Africa, Gulf linked to Indian monsoon
The fate of the Indian monsoon has for the first time been tracked back to the dust particles in North Africa and West Asia.
17 Mar, 2014, 02.27 PM IST
El Nino may come calling and hit Indian monsoon this yearENSO is a band of anomalously warm sea temperatures that occasionally develops off western coast of South America and cause climatic change...
29 Jan, 2014, 05.07 AM IST
- Global warming will make Indian monsoon worse and unpredictable, says study
Scientists have found that the pattern of the Indian monsoon will change under global warming in the future.
24 Jun, 2013, 03.01 AM IST
The temperamental Indian monsoon cannot be commercializedIt is surprising that marketing companies have not invented a 'Monsoon Day', to give Indians another incentive to buy season-specific goodi...
12 Jun, 2013, 05.17 AM IST