Actual rainfall in India during monsoon session (Jun-Sep) from 1901 to 2016

Rainfall is very much crucial for country like India. Most of the farmers of our country depend upon the rainfall for their cultivation. Agriculture sector has a high weightage for the GDP calculation of our country. So there must be sufficient rainfall in the country for Agriculture production and to avoid the drought.

Monsoon Rainfall of 764.9 mm was observed during Jun-Sep of 2015. We had observed decline of -2.15% in rainfall during Jun-Sep of 2015 over the same period of 2014. Monsoon Rainfall of 864.4 mm was observed during Jun-Sep of 2016. We had observed growth of 13.01% in rainfall during Jun-Sep of 2016 over the same period of previous year.

Monsoon (Jun-Sep) rainfall shows no noticeable trend from 1901 to 2016. During this period Maximum monsoon rainfall of 1124.2 mm was observed in the year 1917 and Minimum monsoon rainfall of 697.4 mm was observed in the year 1972.

Note: Figures are in mm.

Dataset URL: https://data.gov.in/catalog/rainfall-india

Resource Title: Rainfall in All India and its departure from normal for Monsoon Session (June-Sept) from 1901 to 2016