Monsoon withdrawal likely to begin around Sept 15: IMD

The southwest monsoon is likely to start withdrawing from northwest India around September 15, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) said Friday.

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The primary rain-bearing system usually makes its onset over Kerala by June 1 and covers the entire country by July 8. It starts retreating from northwest India around September 17 and withdraws completely by October 15.

“Conditions are becoming favourable for the withdrawal of the Southwest Monsoon from some parts of west Rajasthan around September 15,” the IMD said in a statement.

This year, the monsoon covered the entire country nine days before the usual date of July 8, This was the earliest the monsoon has covered the entire country since 2020 when it did so by June 26.

Ithad reached Kerala May 24, its earliest onset over the Indian mainland since 2009, when it arrived May 23.