India, July 29 -- The Government of India has issued a release:

All India Monsoon Rainfall

Actual Rainfall (% of LPA)

First stage Forecast issued in April

Second stage Forecast issued in May

2015

86

93

88

2016

97

106

106

2017

95

96

98

2018

91

97

97

2019

110

96

96

2020

109

100

102

2021

99

98

101

2022

106

99

103

2023

95

96

96

2024

108

106

106

2025

108

105

106

(Model error ± 5% of LPA)

(Model error ± 4% of LPA)

Year

Since 2021, the India Meteorological Department (IMD), under the Ministry of Earth Sciences (MoES), has adopted an advanced Multi-Model Ensemble (MME) approach for long-range forecasting. This has significantly improved the accuracy of long-range forecasts, with all fore...