A hundred years ago | Progress of monsoon
This article is a historical reprint from 1926 detailing the progress of the monsoon season across India and Burma. It provides specific rainfall measurements for various regions and offers a forecast for the remainder of the year.
Why it matters
It serves as a historical record of meteorological patterns and agricultural forecasting methods from a century ago.
Simla, June 8: A feeble advance of the Arabian sea monsoon has given general rain in Malabar and Bombay Deccan. Bay monsoon is strengthening. The western disturbance has passed away. Rainfall has been nearly general in Lower Burma, Malabar, Bombay Deccan, Local in Assam, North Hyderabad while a few falls occurred in Upper Burma, Bengal, Bihar, East Rajaputana, East Central Provinces, South Hyderabad and South East Madras. Chief amounts are: — Mergui, Rangoon 3-4, Tavoy, Kyaukpyu 1, Maymo 1 and a half, Berhampore, Mymensingh 3-4, Udaipur 1-2, Jagdalpur 3, Cochin 2, Poona, Sholapur, Cuddalore, 1-2 Kodaikanal 1 inch.
The content is a direct historical archive reprint with no editorial commentary.
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