1-4-2026 Weather is a few cloud over the North Andaman Sea, North Bay and Westcentral Bay of Bengal and partly cloudy over the South 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.