Monsoon covers entire country six days ahead of normal date

The southwest monsoon has covered the entire country six days ahead of the normal date, the India Meteorological Department said on Tuesday.

“The southwest monsoon has further advanced into the remaining parts of Rajasthan, Haryana and Punjab on Tuesday. Thus, it covered the entire country on 2nd July 2024, against the normal date of July 8 (six days before the normal date of covering the



entire India),” the IMD said in a statement.

The monsoon arrived in Kerala and the northeastern region on May 30, two and six days earlier than usual. It progressed normally up to Maharashtra but lost momentum, extending the wait for rains in West Bengal, Odisha, Jharkhand, Bihar, Chhattisgarh, Madhya Pradesh, and Uttar Pradesh, and worsening the impact of a scorching heat wave in northwest India.