New Delhi, May 24: The southwest monsoon made landfall in Kerala on Saturday, marking its earliest onset over the Indian mainland since 2009, when it arrived on May 23, according to the India Meteorological Department (IMD).
Typically, the monsoon sets in over Kerala around June 1 and spreads across the country by July 8. The withdrawal process usually begins from northwest India around September 17 and concludes by October 15.
In comparison, the monsoon reached Kerala on May 30 last year, 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, IMD records indicate.