Regional meteorological center New Delhi

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REGIONAL METEOROLOGICAL CENTER, NEW DELHI
A disastrous tropical cyclone struck Calcutta in 1864 and this was followed by
failures of the monsoon rains in 1866 and 1871.
In the year 1875, the Government of India established the India Meteorological
Department, bringing all meteorological work in the country under a central
authority.
Mr. H. F. Blanford was appointed Meteorological Reporter to the Government of
India. The first Director General of Observatories was Sir John Eliot who was
appointed in May 1889 at Calcutta headquarters.
The headquarters of IMD were later shifted to Shimla in 1905, then to
Poona (now Pune) in 1928 and finally to New Delhi in 1944.
Regional Meteorological Center, New Delhi

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Address:
Present address of Regional Meteorological Center, New Delhi is Terminal 2, Old
Admin Airlines Gallery, IGI Airport, near National Highway 8, Delhi 110037
Name of Station In-charge
Sh. K.C.Sai Krishnan, Sc-F (D.D.G.M )
Areas covered by Meteorological Center, New Delhi

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Types of meteorological data published by New Delhi :
Rainfall (Hourly**, Daily, Monthly, Annual, Sub–divisional, Heavy Spells in
24Hrs, Extreme values etc)
Temperature (Hourly**, Daily, Monthly, Maximum & Minimum, Extreme
Values Etc.)
Relative Humidity (Hourly**, Daily, Monthly)
Surface Wind speed and directions
Station Level/ Mean Sea Level Pressure (Hourly**, Daily, Monthly)
Amount and types of clouds observed (**Twice daily / 8 times daily)
Various Weather phenomenon such as, visibility, occurrence of Thunderstorm
etc.
Climate Normals based on 1951–80, 1961–90 and 1981–2010 data.
Weather Reports on specific weather phenomenon such as heavy rainfall, storm
etc.
Windrose diagrams for selected stations. ** Available only for selected stations
Apart from the above data, there are various other special data that can be obtained
from NDC, Pune and supplied to the needy users. Seismological data can be
obtained from HQ at New Delhi.

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Tropical Cyclone (OCKHI, 2017) Advisory Bulletin by Regional
Meteorological Center, New Delhi :

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Structure:
Regional Meteorological Centre, New Delhi has its Meteorological office at
Safdarjung Airport for Non-Aviation and Meteorological Office at IGI Airport for
Aviation purposes to cater the meteorological requirements of the following states
through different meteorological centres in the region.
Region Meteorological Centre
Haryana & Punjab Meteorological Centre, Chandigarh
Himachal Pradesh Meteorological Centre, Shimla
Jammu and Kashmir Meteorological Centre, Srinagar
Rajasthan Meteorological Centre, Jaipur
Uttar Pradesh Meteorological Centre, Lucknow
Uttarakhand Meteorological Centre, Dehradun
Meteorological Centre,
Shimla

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Climate Resilience Strategy – New Delhi :
Climate impacts and vulnerabilities hinder the process of development. The cross-
sectoral and inclusive characteristics of climate change adaptation helps counter
Meteorological Centre,
Jaipur
Meteorological Centre,
Dehradun

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these impacts and supports sustainable development by reducing vulnerabilities,
enhancing adaptive capacities and helping in securing investments.
This Climate Resilience Strategy document aims to address these issues and build
the resilience of the city against the changing climate. This strategy has been
developed in association with ICLEI South Asia and Oceania with support from
the Rockefeller Foundation under the Replication and Dissemination phase of
ACCCRN.
Objectives of the development of Climate Resilience Strategy :
The primary objectives of the development of the Climate Resilience Strategy
includes:
1)Assessment of past and future climatic trends to determine possible climatic
impacts that could be faced by the city.
2)Assessment of risks to identified fragile urban systems that could be impacted by
climate change.
3)Assessment of vulnerability of fragile urban systems and vulnerable population
of the city.
4)Identification of resilience strategies to overcome the impacts of climate change
on the fragile urban systems.
5)Serve as a guiding document for the city to introduce the concepts of climate
change to urban planning and development.
Major activities :
.a) Aviation forecasting.
b) Flood forecasting.
c) Agromet Advisory.
d) Rainfall monitoring on daily, weekly, monthly, seasonal and annual basis.
e) Weather forecasting services to general public, Government agencies and other
users for research and planning purposes.

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f) Implementation of District-wise Rainfall Monitoring Scheme (DRMS) of all
states under the region and proving necessary inputs to user agencies.
g) Earthquake Monitoring.
h) Evaluate seismicity in different parts of country for development of projects.
i) Provide current weather and forecast/ meteorological information for optimum
operation of weather sensitive activities like agriculture, irrigation, off-shore
oil exploration etc.
j) Round the clock watch over the entire North Indian Ocean.
k) Running of numerical models for tropical cyclone track and intensity
prediction.
l) Issue of cyclone advisories to the Panel countries 8 times a day.
m) Issue of Tropical Weather Outlook once daily (at 0600 UTC) and an additional
outlook at 1700 UTC in the event of a depression which is likely to intensify
into a cyclonic storm.
n) Implementation of the Regional Cyclone Operational Plan of WMO/ESCAP
Panel.
o) Issue of storm surge advisories.
p) Continued research on storm surge, track and intensity prediction techniques.
q) Exchange of compositedata and bulletins with Panel countries
Reference :
http://rmcnewdelhi.imd.gov.in/index.php
http://www.amssdelhi.gov.in/imd%20structure.htm
https://mausam.imd.gov.in/imd_latest/contents/history.php