Has Mumbai Ever Seen Monsoon Arrival In May Instead Of June? Yes, Thrice

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Last Updated:May 25, 2025, 17:34 IST

The RMC, Mumbai, stated connected X astatine 2.40 pm: “Conditions are favourable for further beforehand of Southwest Monsoon into much parts of Maharashtra, including Mumbai.”

The monsoon usually arrives successful Mumbai mid-June. (PTI File)

While the monsoon has arrived successful Kerala and immoderate parts of Maharashtra, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) has predicted an onset successful Mumbai soon.

The Regional Meteorological Center, Mumbai, stated connected X astatine 2.40 pm: “The Southwest Monsoon has further precocious into immoderate much parts of westcentral & eastcentral Arabian Sea, immoderate much parts of Karnataka, full Goa, immoderate parts of Maharashtra…Conditions are favourable for further beforehand of Southwest Monsoon into immoderate much parts of cardinal Arabian Sea, immoderate much parts of Maharashtra, including Mumbai."

MUMBAI, MAHARASHTRA MONSOON ARRIVALS

While usually the monsoon arrives successful mid-June, determination person been instances of earlier arrivals successful Mumbai:

1952, 1956, 1872: The monsoon acceptable successful arsenic aboriginal arsenic May 29.

2011: The monsoon reached Mumbai connected June 5, somewhat earlier than usual.

2013: The monsoon arrived connected June 7, marking an aboriginal onset

A look astatine the onset dates since 2005:

The IMD’s 2025 seasonal outlook has forecast above-normal rainfall, estimating it astatine 105% of the long-period mean (LPA), with a ±5% margin. This is affirmative quality for h2o reserves and agriculture, though it besides means the metropolis indispensable brace for the challenges that travel with heavier rain.

MONSOON ARRIVAL IN KERALA

The monsoon arrived successful Kerala connected Saturday, making it the earliest onset successful the authorities successful 16 years, according to the IMD. The monsoon usually arrives successful Kerala connected June 1, but the past clip it arrived this early—on May 23—was successful 2009 and 2001. The earliest recorded onset was connected May 11, 1918.

MAHARASHTRA WEATHER FORECAST

The IMD has predicted dense to precise dense rainfall is apt astatine isolated places successful Konkan-Goa (South) districts and dense rainfall astatine isolated places successful the Ghat areas of South Central Maharashtra.

“Thunderstorms, lightning, gusty winds reaching 40-50 kmph and dense to precise dense rainfall are apt astatine isolated places implicit North Konkan and North Central Maharashtra. Thunderstorms, lightning, gusts of upwind reaching 40-50 kmph and dense rainfall are apt astatine isolated places successful Marathwada," it said.

The IMD, successful a property release, said, “The slump implicit Madhya Maharashtra moved astir eastwards and weakened into a good marked debased unit country and laic implicit southbound Madhya Maharashtra and adjoining areas of Marathwada & North Interior Karnataka astatine 0830 hours IST of today, May 25, 2025. It is apt to determination dilatory eastwards during adjacent 24 hours and weaken gradually."

“The precocious aerial trough runs from eastbound cardinal Arabian oversea to northbound Odisha, crossed cardinal Maharashtra, northbound Telangana, South Chhattisgarh, betwixt 1.5 & 4.6 km supra mean oversea level titling southward with height. Under its influence, rainfall enactment implicit Maharashtra is apt to proceed during the adjacent 5-6 days. Fairly wide to wide rainfall enactment with dense to precise dense rainfall astatine isolated places is precise apt to proceed implicit Konkan and adjoining ghat areas of Madhya Maharashtra during the supra period. Scattered light/moderate rainfall accompanied with thunderstorm, lightning & gusty upwind velocity reaching 40-50 kmph is expected implicit Madhya Maharashtra and Marathwada, during 25-27 May 2025."

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