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Nagpur: Vidarbha received 57% more than normal rainfall in September after recording 244.

Addressing a press conference, IMD Director General Mrutyunjay Mohapatra said that with positive factors countering El Nino, the 2023 monsoon season concluded with 94.4 per cent cumulative rainfall which is considered "normal". Monthly rainfall across the country as a whole stood at 91 per cent of LPA in June, 113 per cent in July, 64 per cent in August, and 113 per cent in September.

Monthly rainfall across the country as a whole stood at 91 per cent of LPA in June, 113 per cent in July, 64 per cent in August, and 113 per cent in September.

A months long stretch of drier-than-normal weather has contributed to the worsening drought situation. Unfortunately, drought-busting rain is not in the forecast.

After June saw deficient rainfall and July brought floods, August has seen another lull

Most areas adjacent to the Himalayas, east central India and some parts of east and northeast India are likely to see normal to above normal rainfall during the August-September period. However, peninsular India, western and central parts of the country are most likely to receive below normal rainfall.

Lawns are getting patchy and brown due to lack of water with threats of drought looming — all after the wettest start to the year on record.

The maximum temperatures in central and north peninsular India are hovering in the range of 40 to 42 degrees Celsius at present.

India is predicted to receive a normal monsoon this year in the southwest region while the northwest, central and northeastern areas will witness normal to below-normal rainfall, the government said on Tuesday.

The met department has predicted an increase in above-normal heatwave days from April to June, particularly in central, east, and northwest India.