Rainfall data Darjeeling-Sikkim Sep2015 and monsoon withdrawal.

Sep2015 again saw us getting deficient rainfall even though Kurseong (as always) had higher than normal precipitation.
What is worrisome is the peaking of rainfall (see graph above) on certain dates, which seems to be the established trend in our rainfall pattern now.

Praful Rao,
Kalimpong,
Dist Darjeeling

Monsoon withdrawal dates and why it is raining in the Darjeeling-Sikkim region

As per IMetD the 'well marked low pressure has now moved to north Odisha adjoining Gangetic W Bengal and Jharkhand' resulting in the tremendous moisture incursion over our area (region 5 - see below) and the rain.
We are nearing the end of the monsoons and the earth is saturated with water; in this situation heavy, continuous rainfall as predicted by IMetD (see warning chart below) is certainly not good news.
Unfortunately, despite repeated  letters to concerned authorities many of the IMetD AWS/ARG stations are either unserviceable or give erroneous readings as such it is difficult to obtain the correct overall picture of precipitation in the area.

Praful Rao,
Kalimpong,
Dist Darjeeling