According to meteorologists from Telangana State Development Planning Society, Telangana is likely to receive rain from September 23, 2024 onwards.
It has been learnt that when the process of withdrawal of the annual Southwest Monsoon begins, the rains are likely to make a comeback in Telangana which might spread into the first or even second week of October.
The expected rainfall ‘may not be heavy’ but then again it depends on the weather systems like cyclones developing in the Bay of Bengal, with good chances of cyclonic activity increasing in the first week of October.
The official normal date of withdrawal of the Southwest monsoon for Telangana is October 15.
Thus far, the State had received around 90 cm of rainfall as against the normal of 64.3 cm or an excess of 40 or 15 per cent more when compared to last year during the same period. There has been 70 cm rainfall as against the normal of 52.3 cm or an excess of 33 per cent within the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC).
In fact, the monsoon delivered excess rainfall for the last two years as it was about 78 cm (64.3 cm normal) during this period last year (2023-24).