Towards the end of the summer season, pre-monsoon showers (‘bursting monsoon’) are common in the Deccan Plateau.

Question

Read the following paragraph and comment on ‘bursting monsoon’. 

“Towards the end of the summer season, pre-monsoon showers (‘bursting monsoon’) are common in the Deccan Plateau. These help in the early ripening of mangoes and other plantation crops in peninsular India. Hence they are locally known as mango showers in Andhra Pradesh.”

Answer 1

It is the sudden onset of rainfall in the first week of June. Around the time of arrival of monsoon, the normal rainfall increases suddenly and continues constantly for several days. This is known as burst of monsoon.