Archive · 28 Aug 2026
Bay Depressions Fail to Bring Rain to Telangana Amid Deficit
Several storm-like weather systems have formed over the Bay of Bengal.
Most of them have not moved toward Telangana.
Because of this, Telangana has received much less rain than usual this month.
Its rainfall is 37 percent below normal for the month.
The state’s total monsoon rainfall is 17 percent below normal.
One system in late July took a different path and brought helpful rain.
Another system is now forming, but scientists do not yet know where it will travel.
Without a system closer to Andhra Pradesh, September may also be relatively dry.
Five depressions have formed over the Bay of Bengal, while a sixth system is developing.
Four of the five earlier systems, along with the latest one, were not expected to bring rain to Telangana.
Telangana recorded a 37 percent rainfall deficit this month, with its overall monsoon deficit at 17 percent.
A depression in the last week of July moved across Chhattisgarh and Maharashtra, bringing rain to Telangana.
Meteorologists said the developing system’s path remains uncertain, while September could continue to be drier without a system near the Andhra Pradesh coast.
- Who
- Telangana residents, the India Meteorological Department, and senior meteorologist Dr GNRS Srinivas are involved in the report.
- What
- Five Bay of Bengal depressions have formed, a sixth is developing, and Telangana continues to face below-normal rainfall.
- When
- The report concerns August rainfall, with the sixth system expected to develop within a day or two and September forecast considerations approaching.
- Where
- The systems formed over the northwest Bay of Bengal, south of West Bengal; the rainfall deficit affects Telangana.
- Why
- Most systems followed paths that did not carry rain toward Telangana, while El Niño is contributing to an unpredictable monsoon.
- Systems formed
- Five depressions have formed over the Bay of Bengal.
- Developing system
- A sixth weather system was expected to develop into a depression within a day or two.
- Telangana monthly deficit
- 37 percent rainfall deficit so far this month.
- Telangana monsoon deficit
- 17 percent overall monsoon deficit.
- Typical formation area
- The depressions formed over the northwest Bay of Bengal, south of West Bengal.
- September outlook
- Less rain may continue unless a system develops near the Andhra Pradesh coast in the West Central Bay.
- Climate factor
- El Niño was described as slowly strengthening and expected to peak in December.