HISTORY

The Meteorological Centre Kohima is newly established which was inaugurated in July 2023 by Hon’ble Minister Shri Kiren Rijiju, Ministry of Earth Sciences, Government of India. It started rendering the Meteorological services as on 16.09.2023 to the public of the state of Nagaland & concerned departments of Central and State Governments like Irrigation, Power, Flood Control, Agriculture, Relief and Rehabilitation, Roadways and Railways etc.

MISSION

To take meteorological observations and to provide current and past meteorological information, current weather and weather forecasts on various temporal and spatial scale for optimization of resources for weather-sensitive activities like irrigation, aviation, agriculture, power plants, planning, industrial operations, tourism, disaster management and other activities.

OBJECTIVE

To record meteorological observations (surface, upper atmosphere) of the Nagaland state on different temporal and spatial scale through the manned / unmanned observatories and also to provide the current weather observations of Dimapur airport of the state.

To provide short range and medium range weather forecasts, nowcast and other information to the users for aviation as well as non-aviation purpose.

To communicate the current and past meteorological information, forecast products and warnings to the public, agriculture, tourism sector, aviation, industry, Railways, defence forces, Nagaland Government and its concerned bodies etc.

Providing QPF forecast of the catchments areas and formulate/disseminate a Hydromet Bulletin, Daily Rainfall Data and Flood Situation to concerned agencies like concerned State Government authorities, CWC, Flood Control Room, Defence, Railways etc. during monsoon season in the state of Nagaland.

Conducting applied meteorological research for advance scientific understanding of weather and climate.

Quarterly/Annual/five-year inspection of all the departmental / non departmental observatories, AWS / ARG and manual rain gauge stations in state to maintain the quality of meteorological observations.