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Southwest monsoon likely to reach Kerala on May 27
The New Indian Express Chennai
|May 11, 2025
After 2009, current year's rain onset may be the earliest, says IMD
KERALA looks all set to experience the earliest onset of monsoon since 2009. Going by the India Meteorological Department (IMD), the southwest monsoon is likely to reach the state on May 27 this year, earlier than the usual date of June 1.
Normally, southwest monsoon sets in over Kerala on June 1 with a standard deviation of about seven days. According to IMD officials, the monsoon had set in the state on May 23 in 2009. In 2011, 2018 and 2022, it reached on May 29.
This story is from the May 11, 2025 edition of The New Indian Express Chennai.
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