India records ‘above normal’ monsoon rainfall for the second year in a row and this happened only second time in past 60 years, says IMD

India has recorded ‘above normal’ monsoon rainfall for the second year in a row and this has happened only second time in the past over 60 years. The country had recorded two consecutive years of ‘above normal’ rainfall last time in 1958 (110% of long period average) and 1959 (114% of long period average).