Southwest monsoon withdraws from Chandigarh

Tribune News Service

Chandigarh, September 30

The southwest monsoon has withdrawn from Chandigarh, Punjab and Haryana, the Indian Meteorological Department (IMD), Chandigarh, announced today.

A further dry spell of weather has been predicted for the next week. The maximum and minimum temperatures will hover around 35 and 19 degrees Celsius in the city for the next week.

There has been a departure of -7 per cent in the performance of monsoon from June to September. The city witnessed 791 mm of rainfall against the normal of 846.5 mm during this monsoon.

According to the data provided by the Weather Department, the city witnessed 22.2 mm of rainfall against the normal of 80.7 mm in September, a departure of -72 per cent.

Chandigarh IMD Director Surender Paul said an anticyclone had been established over the western parts of the country at lower level and cessation of rainfall activities and significant reduction of moisture content in the region had been noticed in the past four-five days.

In 2019, the IMD announced the withdrawal of monsoon around October 10.

Punjab and Haryana have witnessed a departure of -17 and -14 per cent departure from the normal monsoon this year.

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Chandigarh IMD Director Surender Paul said an anticyclone had been established over the western parts of the country at lower level and cessation of rainfall activities and significant reduction of moisture content in the region had been noticed in the past four-five days.