After a disappointing June which witnessed a 48% drop in monthly rainfall in Kerala, the State appears to be staring at a bleak July as well with the monthly forecast issued by the India Meteorological Department (IMD) for July indicating below-normal rainfall in some parts of the southern peninsula.
A senior scientist attached to the IMD said, like in the previous year, the State is likely to receive below-normal rainfall in July. In the last three consecutive years, the State received deficient rainfall in the months of June and July.
The absence of rain-bringing cyclonic systems such as low pressure or depressions in the Bay of Bengal and the Arabian Sea is one of the main reasons for the low precipitation. Normally, an average of three cyclonic systems used to form by this time every year.
