| Severe
cold wave conditions prevailed over northern India with temperatures dipping 5° C below
normal. |
March and April
were the driest months in the last ten years and severe heat wave conditions prevailed
over northern and central India. The highest temperature recorded was 47.6° C at
Titlagarh. |
| A severe
cyclonic storm formed over the Arabian Sea but by the time it entered the coast of India
it had weakened and changed into a deep depression over West Rajasthan. |
The
southwest monsoon set in over Kerela and Tamilnadu on the 25th May, a week
earlier than expected, but as predicted the rainfall was normal. |
| Andaman and
Nicobar Islands, Tamilnadu, Delhi, Haryana, Punjab and Pondicherry received deficient
rainfall. |
A
severe super cyclonic storm with wind speeds of more that 250km/hr, hit the coast of
Orissa on 29th October. More than 10,000 deaths were reported and millions were
rendered homeless. Another storm with lesser intensity hit the coast of Orissa and Bengal
a few days earlier, on the 17th causing some loss of lives and damage to
property |
| No
cyclonic storm or depression formed over the Bay of Bengal or the Arabian Sea during
November which is very unusual. |
