PANAJI
Monsoon 2024, with more 22 days to go, is the second wettest season that Goa has experienced in the last more than six-decades. The season, with 160.46 inches of rainfall as on date, is just two inches short in breaking the record of being the wettest-ever monsoon in a century for the State.
The year 2020 has so far recorded the historic 162 inches of rainfall -- highest in a century -- while before that it was in 1961 that witnessed 160 inches of rainfall for the entire season.
With 45.6 per cent surplus rains, monsoon 2024 -- still going -- broke the 1961 record. As on date, Goa has received 160.46 inches of rainfall as against the normal average of 110.24 inches.
“The monsoon currents have been very active over the State throughout the season so far,” an IMD official said.
Various factors have been attributed to the increasing rainfall activities, including a low-pressure belt formation in the Arabian Sea, low-pressure area in Bay of Bengal, cyclonic circulations, offshore trough etc.
The monsoon rains are expected to enjoy an extended period this year as the four-month long phenomenon is set for late withdrawal.
