Worries over El Nino conditions have eased and there are indications of another year of robust monsoon rains, according to the latest assessment by the country’s weather office. Officials in the India Meteorological Department said El Nino conditions have weakened considerably and the assessment is that this is unlikely to pose any threat to the […]
India’s monsoon is likely to be a robust and healthy one this year provided there isn’t a surprise El Nino phenomenon, India Meteorological Department (IMD) said. Monsoon rains, the lifeblood for India’s farm-dependent $2.6 trillion economy, arrive on the southern tip of Kerala state around June 1 and retreat from the desert state of Rajasthan […]
With an extended winter and spell of rain at regular intervals during the ongoing Rabi season, the key grain growing States of Punjab and Haryana are expected to reap a bumper harvest of wheat at nearly 300 lakh tonnes. For the state of Punjab, the agriculture department is expecting about 180 lakh tonnes of wheat […]
Coffee-producing South Indian states have been witnessing a series of extreme weather events in the last four years. Extreme rainfall causing heavy flood and large-scale landslides in August 2018 in coffee producing areas of Kerala and Karnataka led to a dip of around 20 per cent in the total coffee production. South Indian states like […]
There is a 70% chance of an El Nino developing by the end of this year, according to the latest update from the World Meteorological Organization (WMO). Its intensity is currently uncertain, but a strong event appears unlikely, the agency said in a statement. The El Niño/Southern Oscillation (ENSO) is a naturally occurring phenomenon involving fluctuating ocean […]
Palm oil growers in Malaysia and Indonesia are concerned about low yields from palm oil trees in 2017, a year after the El Nino of 2016. Crude palm oil production in years that follow an El Nino year generally witness an exponential growth. However, 2017 has been an exception to that rule, with production volumes […]
The average global temperature set in September 2017 was 0.78°C (1.40 degrees F) above the 20th-century average of 15.0°C (59.0 degrees F), according to scientists from U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). This average temperature was the fourth highest for September in the 1880-2017 record. This marked the 41st consecutive September and the 393rd […]
Last year topped 2015 as the warmest year in 137 years of record keeping, the annual state of the climate report by the U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Agency (NOAA) said. The report found that most indicators of climate change continued to follow trends of a warming world, and several, including land and ocean temperatures, […]
In what should come as music to farmers’ ears, some international weather models have reduced the likelihood of an El Nino phenomenon rolling out in the tropical Pacific this year. Giving the latest update, the Australian Bureau of Meteorology said, however, that an El Nino cannot be entirely ruled out during the course of the […]
India’s federal government has asked states to be prepared for a possible failure of the summer monsoon despite forecasts of a good rain, and review their ability to deal with deficient rainfall during the coming cropping season. The India Meteorological Department (IMD) has projected an average rainfall of 96% during Kharif 2017 in its first […]