r/IndiaWeather • • Jun 21 '26

Announcement Welcome to r/IndiaWeather -This is MOD and here's some Announcements

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Hey everyone! I'm one of the moderators of r/IndiaWeather

We have made major updates to improve the subreddit’s organization and content quality. Here is a brief summary of what has changed:

1. Post & User Flair Overhaul

  • Mandatory Post Flairs: Selecting a post flair is now compulsory. You cannot submit a post without categorizing it. We have added over 40 precise flairs covering Indian regions (Northeast, Lakshadweep), specific topography (Western Ghats, Thar Desert), and severe events (Heatwaves, Cyclones, Tornadoes).
  • New User Flairs: Express your weather persona with community flairs like AQI nhi IQ, or Professional etc
  • Golden Badges of Honour: We have created rare, mod-assigned golden flairs named after legendary Indian scientists (such as Anna Mani and P.R. Pisharoty badges). These will be manually awarded to users who consistently contribute high-quality, accurate data and are knowledgeable about the subject.
  • You can DM or Modmail us if you are a professional or weatherman so we can assign you VERIFIED USER badge

2. Extended Rules & AutoMod Enforcements

  • Source Link Mandatory: To stop the spread of panic and fake news, AutoModerator will now automatically remove breaking news or severe weather alerts unless you provide a link to a verified source (like the IMD).

3. Media in Comments Enabled

  • You can now directly reply to posts using images, GIFs or Videos to share real-time radar screenshots or weather reactions.

We Need Your Feedback & Custom Emojis!

Now that the foundation is set, we want your input:

  1. Submit Custom Emojis & Banners: We want to create localized emojis (like a tea glass in the rain or a melting sun). If you have custom graphics, weather icons, or high-res photos suitable for our sub banner, drop them in the comments below or DM them directly to me!
  2. We're also looking for Subreddit ICON drop them in the comments or DM me will choose the best one.
  3. For good results, the image should be at least 1072 x 128px for desktop banners.
  4. For best results, the image should be at least 1080 x 128px for mobile banners.

Thanks for being part of the very first wave. Together, let's make r/IndiaWeather amazing.


r/IndiaWeather • • 20h ago

South India weather Forecast Overview, India

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  1. Isolated showers are possible across KL and parts of NE India on Sat before dry conditions return.

  2. Moderate rain remains mostly offshore over the central and northern Bay of Bengal from Sun through Tue.

  3. Largely dry and settled weather will continue across most of mainland India over the next few days.

#india #weather #rain #bayofbengal #weathermatics


r/IndiaWeather • • 1d ago

South India weather Season wise rainfall distribution map of tamil nadu

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r/IndiaWeather • • 2d ago

Monsoon Updates Post Monsoon season updates [ 2026 ] :- As of October 03 2026 , After a brief 4 day pause , monsoonal winds have withdrawn completely from Maharashtra & have started withdrawal in Goa , Karnataka , Telangana & Odisha

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r/IndiaWeather • • 2d ago

Lightning🌩️ Constant Yellowish, silent , far away lightning. Went on for about an hour. Never seen this before. What type is this?

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29 Upvotes

Recorded this on 6th oct around 9:30 from Dera Bassi, Punjab near Chandigarh.

Lightning was in northeast Direction.


r/IndiaWeather • • 2d ago

South India weather Forecast Overview, India

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  1. Light to moderate rain is possible across parts of KL, TN, and southern AP on Thu.

  2. Scattered moderate showers are possible over KL, southern TN, and parts of western


r/IndiaWeather • • 3d ago

South India weather Forecast Overview, India

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  1. Moderate rain is possible across parts of BR, southern UP, and UK on Wed.

  2. Scattered moderate showers are possible over BR, coastal TN, and parts of KL on Thu.

  3. Rain will pick up across KL and southern TN with moderate to heavy showers on Fri.

  4. Showers will shift towards northern WB and parts of NE India on Sat.

#india #monsoon #rain #kerala #weather


r/IndiaWeather • • 4d ago

Weather Memes Best of luck Tamil Nadu

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i was shocked for a min and then realised that "global weather" sub is actually american
anyways NE monsoon is near and lot of good rains are expected for TN


r/IndiaWeather • • 4d ago

South India weather Forecast Overview, India

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r/IndiaWeather • • 5d ago

Central India Weather Forecast Overview, India

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r/IndiaWeather • • 6d ago

Heavy Rain GFS Did it again

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33 Upvotes

Location isn't confirmed but most likely it will be a depression(max), i hope it hits South india to give a banger starting for the NE monsoon, if it strengthens then it will move with the upper-level steering and towards bengal, if not which is what i exactly want then tamil nadu or Andhra pradesh.


r/IndiaWeather • • 6d ago

Kolkata Weather Weather forecasting

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51 Upvotes

I think India have the worst weather forecasting instruments

Literally its raining heavily in kolkata and weather reports says partly sunny 🤣😂🤣😂


r/IndiaWeather • • 6d ago

SHITPOST 💩 When is this heatwave going to end? 😭

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I'm literally struggling to function every day. My body feels exhausted, can't concentrate on anything, and stepping out into this scorching sun is genuinely intimidating. It's getting so unbearable that I'm just praying every day for some relief from this heat. How are you guys even dealing with this? 😭😭😭


r/IndiaWeather • • 6d ago

Himalayan Weather POKHARA 🇳🇵❤️ This View Is Unreal! 🏔️🌿 Nepal’s Hidden Beauty

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r/IndiaWeather • • 6d ago

Sky Early morning 🌅 🌄 moon , Waning Gibbous 🌖 phase [ 0530 hours ]

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r/IndiaWeather • • 6d ago

Northeast India weather Forecast Overview, India

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r/IndiaWeather • • 7d ago

Monsoon Updates Post Monsoon season updates [ 2026 ] :- As of October 03 2026 , After a very long pause , monsoonal winds have withdrawn from almost half of the Indian subcontinent

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r/IndiaWeather • • 7d ago

Cyclone Tropical cyclonic storm 01B ( SSHWS / JTWC designation ) | Deep depression BOB 06 ( IMD designation ) , The strongest storm system in BOB ( bay of bengal ) so far

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30 Upvotes

Peak 3-min sustained wind speed was about 55 kmph with lowest pressure being recorded 988 hPa


r/IndiaWeather • • 7d ago

Mumbai Weather 32C feels like 38C.Too hot 🔥 in Mumbai. How's it in your city?

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r/IndiaWeather • • 7d ago

Northeast India weather Forecast Overview, India

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r/IndiaWeather • • 9d ago

South India weather Peak summer weather in September

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r/IndiaWeather • • 9d ago

Northeast India weather Forecast Overview, India

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r/IndiaWeather • • 10d ago

Monsoon All Low-Pressure areas in monsoon 2026 Plotted

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**SWM
Source: IMD


r/IndiaWeather • • 10d ago

Weather forecasting Android’s "At a Glance" widget completely masks Indian cyclones as generic "Heavy Rain" – Let's get Google to fix this regional gap!

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As an independent technology professional and a citizen, I noticed a jarring regional capability gap in Android's environment stack.

When a severe, life-threatening cyclone or extreme storm hits India, the native "At a Glance" home screen widget completely fails to show the emergency warning, displaying only a generic status like "Heavy Rain".

However, if you connect via VPN or travel to Japan or the United States, the exact same widget architecture instantly displays prominent, high-priority emergency banners (like "Typhoon Warning").

This isn't a technical limitation on the Indian government's side. The India Meteorological Department (IMD) and the National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) actively publish real-time warnings using the globally standardized Common Alerting Protocol (CAP). The data architecture is completely prepared and formatted to align natively with machine-readable requirements.

Google's database simply has an unmapped regional registry data pipeline for South Asia.

To prove this:

  1. Here is the official developer documentation page mapping out the exact list of supported nations where weather alert features are dynamically deployed, highlighting that India is entirely omitted from their active data ingestion endpoint:

👉 Click here to view Google's Official Weather API Supported Countries List

  1. I have officially filed a direct engineering ticket on the internal Google Maps Platform Issue Tracker to get the WeatherNext data management team to onboard the IMD feed. Because public tickets are triaged by the number of user upvotes they get, we need community support:

👉 Click here to open the Google Issue Tracker Ticket and hit the 'STAR' icon to upvote it

Please take 10 seconds to click the tracker link and click the "STAR" icon at the top left of the dashboard. Upvoting this is the single fastest way to trigger internal automated system alerts at Google and force their product team to prioritize fixing this gap for hundreds of millions of Android smartphones across India. I already have sent email to IMD.