India Meteorology Department

The India Meteorological Department was established in 1875. It is the National Meteorological Service of the country and the principal government agency in all matters relating to meteorology, seismology and allied subjects.

Address:

Mausam Bhawan

Postal code:

110 003

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India Meteorology Department

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Weather Predictions, Natural Disasters, Disaster Preparedness, Delhi

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Climate Change

Effects of warming (editorial)

The revelation by the India Meteorological Department (IMD) that eight of the 10 warmest years on record since 1901 have been in the last one decade and that all years since 1993, barring one, have clocked higher than normal temperature establish beyond doubt that India's climate has already changed on account of global warming

Publication Date:

14/05/2008

Source: Business Standard (New Delhi)

Tags:

Sundarbans, Agriculture, Climate Change, Global Warming, Climate Impacts, Sea Level Rise, Mangrove SA, Indian Meteorological Department (IMD)

Natural Disasters

Nargis makes Chennai sweat

THE movement of Nargis, the cyclone, is all set to raise the heat in Chennai in the next few days. Nargis, situated 550 km eastnortheast of Chennai, is predicted to intensify into a severe cyclonic storm and move towards the northerly direction and then turn northeast towards Bangladesh. This effectively means hopes of rain that people harboured, looking at cloudy skies, have been dashed. Chennai is unlikely to get even the isolated showers or thundershowers predicted earlier.

Publication Date:

30/04/2008

Source: New Indian Express (Chennai)

Tags:

Natural Disasters, Cyclones, Indian Meteorological Department (IMD), Tamil Nadu, Chennai (D)

Natural Disasters

Calcutta heat melts a decade-old mark

Don't think no record was broken at the Eden dust bowl while you were baking in the stands yesterday: the Calcutta temperature breached a decade-old barrier. When the mercury bubbled up to 39.6

Publication Date:

22/04/2008

Source: Telegraph (Kolkata)

Tags:

Heat Waves, Indian Meteorological Department (IMD), Calcutta (D)

Natural Disasters

Northwest India too will share monsoon spoils

The International Research Institute (IRI) for Climate and Society at the University of Columbia has come out with more daring predictions on the Indian monsoon compared to those made public by India Meteorological Department (IMD) on Wednesday. The most glaring difference in perception relates to rainfall trends for northwest India. While the IMD was apologetic about the prospects for this region, the IRI predicts good rainfall here during the July-August-September and August-September-October quarters.

Publication Date:

19/04/2008

Source: Business Line (New Delhi)

Tags:

Food Crops, Monsoons, Indian Meteorological Department (IMD)

Natural Disasters

The hope of rain

For the India Meteorological Department (IMD), it has been an annual ritual for the past 20 years to issue its long-range monsoon forecast around this time of the year, though the credibility of these predictions has been on the wane. The projection that the rainfall during this year's monsoon season (June to September) will be equal to 99 per cent of the long-period average, should therefore be viewed with some caution, even if prima facie it is a good news for the country's farmers, economy and the hydrological balance.

Publication Date:

18/04/2008

Source: Business Standard (New Delhi)

Tags:

Weather Predictions, Monsoons, Indian Meteorological Department (IMD)