India likely to get normal monsoon rains in 2019: Skymet
Reuters | Feb 25, 2019, 16:44 ISTHighlights
- Monsoon rains in India are expected to be normal in 2019, raising prospects of higher farm and economic growth
- There is a more than 50 per cent chance that India will get normal rainfall and only a small probability of excessive rainfall: Jatin Singh, CEO at Skymet
Representative imageNEW DELHI: Monsoon rains in India are expected to be normal in 2019, the country's only private weather forecasting agency said on Monday, raising prospects of higher farm and economic growth in the $2 trillion economy.
There is a more than 50 per cent chance that India will get normal rainfall and only a small probability of excessive rainfall, Jatin Singh, chief executive officer at Skymet, said.
India defines average, or normal, rainfall as between 96 per cent and 104 per cent of a 50-year average of 89 cm for the entire four-month season beginning June.
The monsoon season delivers about 70 per cent of India's annual rainfall and is key to the success of the farm sector in Asia's third-biggest economy.
There is a more than 50 per cent chance that India will get normal rainfall and only a small probability of excessive rainfall, Jatin Singh, chief executive officer at Skymet, said.
India defines average, or normal, rainfall as between 96 per cent and 104 per cent of a 50-year average of 89 cm for the entire four-month season beginning June.
The monsoon season delivers about 70 per cent of India's annual rainfall and is key to the success of the farm sector in Asia's third-biggest economy.
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