Bengaluru sees highest rainfall in June on Sunday, breaks 133-year-old record
La Nina.El Niño, which began in June 2023, resulting in insufficient rainfall in India, and leading to water scarcity in some regions, besides droughts and prolonged dry periods across Asia is transitioning to El Niño–Southern Oscillation (ENSO)-neutral this month and the cooler phase, or La Niña, as early as in June-August or by July-September.More rain is expected in Bengaluru for the next two days with overcast conditions, followed by light to moderate thundershowers as southwest Monsoon advanced into some more parts of south Peninsular India on Monday, the weather bureau said.Meanwhile, heat wave conditions prevailed in isolated pockets in the central part of Uttar Pradesh, Punjab, Haryana, West Rajasthan, Himachal Pradesh and East Madhya Pradesh. Heatwave conditions have been prevailing over Haryana since 17 May and over Madhya Pradesh and Uttar Pradesh since 18 May.Also Read | Mint Primer | Into the 50s: Why heatwaves are hotter & longerOn Sunday, maximum temperatures witnessed a fall of 3-4°C over some parts of East Madhya Pradesh, 2-3°C fall in some parts of Interior Odisha, Vidarbha, Punjab and by 1-2°C over some parts of Haryana, West Uttar Pradesh, West Madhya Pradesh and adjoining East Rajasthan.Maximum Temperature on Sunday was in the range of 43- 45°C over some parts of north Rajasthan, south Haryana, Delhi, north Madhya Pradesh and southeast Madhya Pradesh; in the range 41-43°C over many parts of Punjab, remaining parts of Haryana, Delhi, south Rajasthan and Madhya Pradesh; over some parts of west Uttar Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Vidarbha, Telangana, south interior Odisha.
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