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Third-longest monsoonal break
August 22 , 2023
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- The current monsoon break that started on August 7, 2023 has finally ended on August 18.
- This current monsoonal break makes it the third-longest for this century after 2002 and 2009.
- A monsoonal break occurs when the monsoon trough shifts northward.
- It enhances rainfall along the Himalayan foothills and parts of eastern India while rainfall is suppressed in the rest of the country.
- This happens especially in the core monsoon zone area or the region stretching from Gujarat in the west-to-West Bengal and Odisha in the east.
- In the last 73 years, there have been a total of 10 instances when the break spell has stretched over 10 days.
- The longest consecutive break spell was reported in 1972 (17 days).
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