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Brace for early onset of monsoon in Kerala, say weather experts
NF Times
|May 21, 2025
An early monsoon is becoming increasingly likely, with favourable weather patterns expected to develop by May 24.
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Various weather models predict heavy rain thereafter.
While the southwest monsoon typically arrives in Kerala around June 1, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) has forecast its onset around May 27, with a margin of error of plus or minus four days. Last year, the monsoon arrived a day ahead of schedule on May 31. If the onset is declared on May 27 or earlier, it would mark the earliest arrival in the past 15 years, with the previous earliest onset occurring on May 23, 2009.
This story is from the May 21, 2025 edition of NF Times.
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