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151st Foundation Day of IMD
January 19 , 2026
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- India marked the 151st Foundation Day of the India Meteorological Department (IMD) on 15 January 2026.
- It deployed 200 Automatic Weather Stations (AWS) in major cities.
- Automatic Weather Stations (AWS) automatically record and transmit weather data with high accuracy and frequency.
- The new AWS were deployed in Delhi, Mumbai, Chennai, and Pune to improve urban and hyper-local weather forecasting.
- IMD works under the Ministry of Earth Sciences and is India’s main agency for weather forecasting and seismology.
- Its forecast accuracy has improved significantly in recent years, strengthening disaster preparedness and early warning systems.
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