State by state
Rain and seasonal notes for states, starting with Telangana and the south. Each note names the agency and the date.
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- Telangana's monsoon 2026: normal on paper, 18 districts short
On paper, Telangana's 2026 monsoon counts as "normal". On the ground, most districts went short.
- Telangana's driest districts in monsoon 2026
Telangana as a whole ended the 2026 monsoon 17% short, which still falls in IMD's normal band.
- Andhra Pradesh and Rayalaseema: the northeast monsoon outlook explained
For Andhra Pradesh, the northeast monsoon from October to December is the second rainy season.
- Tamil Nadu: why Oct–Dec rain matters for half its year
For most of India, the main rains come from June to September. Tamil Nadu is different.
- Kerala: a dry monsoon, and normal-to-above northeast rain for the south
Kerala is usually one of India's wettest states, but the 2026 southwest monsoon left it well short.
- Karnataka: reservoirs and the south interior outlook
Karnataka's reservoirs supply drinking water to Bengaluru and other cities, power, and irrigation.
- Maharashtra and Marathwada: lessons from the 2015 drought
In 2015, an El Niño year, Marathwada in central Maharashtra went through one of its worst water crises.
- Rajasthan and the northwest: heat records in past decay years
Scientists call the year after an El Niño peaks its "decay year", when the event fades.
- East and Northeast India: the driest monsoon since 1901
Northeast India is usually one of the wettest parts of the country, yet 2026 brought its driest monsoon on record.
- Indo-Gangetic plains: the wheat belt and late-winter heat
Wheat across Punjab, Haryana, Uttar Pradesh and the rest of the Indo-Gangetic plains fills its grain around March.