Virtual Press Conference on Salient features of Southwest Monsoon 2023 and forecast for Oct-Dec. 2023 at 1600 hrs IST of tomorrow, the 30th September, 2023.

Press Release: A Low Pressure Area lies over Eastcentral Arabian Sea off south Konkan-Goa coasts and another Low Pressure Area lies over Northeast & adjoining Eastcentral Bay of Bengal.

Press Release Current Weather Status and Extended range Forecast for next two weeks (28 Sept-11 Oct 2023)

Press release dated 28.09.2023: A low pressure area is likely to form over Eastcentral & adjoining Northeast Bay of Bengal during next 24 hours.

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Press Release: Current Weather Status and Extended range Forecast for next two weeks (21-28 Sept 2023)

Current Weather Status and Extended range Forecast for next two weeks (7-20 Sept 2023)

Press release: Climate Summary for the month of August 2023

प्रेस विज्ञप्ति: सितंबर 2023 के लिए मासिक वर्षा और तापमान हेतु पूर्वानुमान आउटलुक

PRESS RELEASE DATED 31.08.2023: FORECAST OUTLOOK FOR THE MONTHLY RAINFALL AND TEMPERATURE FOR SEPTEMBER 2023.

Current Weather Status and Extended range Forecast for next two weeks (13-26 July 2023)

WMO VIRTUAL WORKSHOP ON ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY

Climate Summary for the month of June 2023

जुलाई, 2023 के लिए मासिक वर्षा और तापमान आउटलुक

Monthly Rainfall and Temperature Outlook for July, 2023

Press Release: Updated Long Range ForecastOutlook for the 2023Southwest Monsoon Season (June - September) Rainfall and Monthly Rainfall and Temperature for June 2023

प्रेस विज्ञप्ति: 2023 दक्षिण-पश्चिम मॉनसून ऋतु (जून-सितंबर) कीवर्षाके लिए अद्यतन दीर्घावधिपूर्वानुमानदृष्टिकोणऔर

2023 दक्षिण पश्चिम मानसून ऋतु वर्षा के लिए दीर्घावधि पूर्वानुमान

Long Range Forecast for the 2023 Southwest Monsoon Season Rainfall

Spokesperson of IMD to brief press and electronic media on weather forecasting.

IMD Organisation Structure

The Director General of Meteorology is the Head of the India Meteorological Department, with headquarters at New Delhi. There are 4 Additional Directors General at New Delhi and 1 at Pune. There are 20 Deputy Directors General of whom 10 are at New Delhi.

For the convenience of administrative and technical control, there are 6 Regional Meteorological Centres, each under a Deputy Director General with headquarters at Mumbai, Chennai, New Delhi, Calcutta, Nagpur and Guwahati. Under the administrative control of Deputy Director General, there are different types of operational units such as Meteorological Centres at state capitals, Forecasting Offices, Agrometeorological Advisory Service Centres, Flood Meteorological Offices, Area Cyclone Warning Centres and Cyclone Warning Centres.

In addition, there are separate Divisions to deal with specialised subjects. They are:

  • Agricultural Meteorology
  • Civil Aviation
  • Climatology
  • Hydrometeorology
  • Instrumentation
  • Meteorological Telecommunication
  • Regional Specialised Meteorological Centre
  • Positional Astronomy
  • Satellite Meteorology
  • Seismology
  • Training

At present IMD is under the Ministry of Earth Sciences (MoES).