Monsoon entered Kerala 8 days earlier, this happened last time in the year 2009:

News Topical, Digital Desk : Monsoon has entered Kerala. Regarding this, the Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) said that the southwest monsoon reached Kerala on Saturday (May 24), which is its earliest onset on the Indian mainland since 2009. It started on May 23 in 2009. Normally, the southwest monsoon knocks in 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. IMD data shows that the monsoon arrived in the southern state on May 30 last year. The monsoon entered on June 8 in 2023, May 29 in 2022, June 3 in 2021, June 1 in 2020, June 8 in 2019 and May 29 in 2018.

Monsoon entered Kerala

According to meteorologists, there is no direct relationship between the date of arrival of monsoon and the total rainfall in this season across the country. The arrival of monsoon early or late in Kerala does not mean that it will reach other parts of the country in the same way. An official said that it depends on large-scale variability and global, regional and local characteristics. In the month of April, the IMD had predicted above normal rainfall in the monsoon season of the year 2025. Also, the IMD had ruled out the possibility of El Niño conditions, which are responsible for below normal rainfall in the Indian subcontinent.

Storm and rain predicted in the capital Delhi

According to the India Meteorological Department (IMD), the minimum temperature in the national capital settled at 28.4 degrees Celsius, 1.7 degrees below the season's average. The IMD has forecast thunderstorms with rain on Saturday and Sunday, while the maximum temperature is expected to hover around 37 degrees Celsius. The relative humidity was recorded at 62 per cent at 8:30 am on Saturday. According to data from the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB), the air quality at 9 am was "moderate", with the Air Quality Index (AQI) at 120. According to the CPCB, an AQI between zero and 50 is considered 'good', 51 and 100 'satisfactory', 101 and 200 'moderate', 201 and 300 'poor', 301 and 400 'very poor', and 401 and 500 'severe'.