India records highest monsoon rains in 25 years: IMD

India recorded the highest rainfall this monsoon since 1994, the weather department said classifying it 'above normal' as the season officially ended on Monday.

Monsoon still remains active in several parts of the country and withdrawal of the southwest monsoon is likely to commence from northwest India around October 10, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) said, adding that this is the longest recorded delay in withdrawal of the monsoon.

Monsoon normally starts withdrawing beginning September 1 from west Rajasthan.

IMD Director General Mritunjay Mohapatra said rainfall activity over Gujarat and Bihar will start decreasing from Tuesday.

"Quantitatively, the 2019 Southwest monsoon season comes to end with above normal seasonal (June to September) rainfall. Quantitatively monsoon seasonal rainfall was 110 per cent of its Long Period Average (LPA)," the IMD said.

LPA is the average of rainfall between 1961 and 2010, which is 88 cm.

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