15-5-2026 According to the observations at 05:30 hrs MST today, the Well Marked Low Pressure Area over the Southwest Bay of Bengal and adjoining Westcentral Bay of Bengal still persists.. Weather is a few cloud over the North Bay of Bengal ‌and partly cloudy to cloudy over the Andaman Sea and elsewhere over the Bay of Bengal.

Drought

Drought

A drought event is defined as follows for a state, division (or township):

(a)       A drought is defined as a rainfall event that is less than (20%) of the (30) year average rainfall for more than (7) days. Such drought is defined as a minor drought.

(b)       A drought event that is less than (50%) of the (30) year average rainfall for more than (15) days is defined as a major drought.