What was the effect of El Niño over India?

If you look at the Globe, you will notice that the Pacific Ocean is huge; it occupies almost a whole hemisphere. Consequently, it receives more sunlight than any other region on Earth. The ocean stores this sunlight in the form of heat. read more

The effect is called as El Nino “Christ Child” in Spanish). This appearance causes the air pressure to drop over large areas of the southeast Pacific near El Nino appearance while pressure rises over western Pacific near east of SE Asia. This see-saw variation of air pressure is called the Southern Oscillation. read more

Analysis by the India Meteorological Department shows that, of the 18 El Niño years between 1880 and 2006, twelve coincided with deficient or below-normal rainfall in India. This means that, for a third of the time, there was no correlation, and that has resulted in some spectacularly wrong forecasts for the monsoon. read more