India to receive average monsoon rains in 2018, forecasts Skymet

April 04, 2018 10:27

Monsoon rains in India are expected to be average in 2018, the countrys only private weather forecasting agency said on Wednesday, raising prospects of higher farm and economic growth in the $2 trillion economy, Asias third-biggest.

Monsoon rains are expected to be 100 percent of the long-term average, Skymet said in a Tweet.

India defines average, or normal, rainfall as between 96 percent and 104 percent of a 50-year average of 89 cm for the entire four-month season beginning June.

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