In India, an El Nino is associated with a harsher summer and weaker monsoon. La Nina, meanwhile, is associated with a strong monsoon, above average rains and colder winters.

The monsoon is the lifeblood of India's $6 trillion economy and delivers nearly 70 per cent of the rain that India needs to water farms, and replenish aquifers and reservoirs.

Fingerprint of Volcanic Forcing on the ENSO-Indian Monsoon Coupling. Science Advances, 2020 DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.aba8164 ...

BENGALURU, India (AP) — Each year from June to September, a series of heavy rains known as monsoons sweep through the Indian subcontinent, providing relief from heat, irrigating the country’s ...

Forget Bollywood's classic songs, the most welcome sound in India is the pitter-patter of the first monsoon rains. If all goes well, oppressive heat gives way to thunderous downpours around early ...

India's weather agency makes state-level monsoon rain predictions for the entire country, but climate experts say forecasts need to be more localized in order to be useful to farmers.

Dr Amulya Chevuturi, a monsoon researcher at the University of Reading and lead author of the study, said: "The Indian monsoon brings around 80% of India's annual rainfall, so even small ...

India's annual monsoon covered the entire country on Sunday, six days earlier than usual, the state-run weather office said, but rain totals are 10% below average so far this season.

The thunderous rains of India’s monsoon season determine the nation’s fate for the rest of the year. The June-through-September downpours deliver more than 70 percent of the annual rainfall.

India's annual monsoon covered the entire country on Saturday, six days earlier than usual, the state-run weather office said, but rain totals are 5% below average so far this season.