Monsoon covers entire India

New Delhi: Moving at a brisk pace, the Southwest Monsoon on Friday covered the entire length and breadth of the country, way ahead of schedule in a year in which there is a deficit rainfall forecast for India.

“The Southwest Monsoon has further advanced into remaining parts of West Rajasthan. Thus, it has covered the entire country on June 26, 2015,” the India Meteorological Department (IMD) confirmed in its bulletin.

The normal date for the monsoon to cover entire India is July 15. The Southwest Monsoon has covered the entire country. Even the last post of West Rajasthan has been covered entirely.

“In fact, monsoon onset over the region usually happens around July 15, but some good rains in the last 24 hours has led to the declaration of monsoon over West Rajasthan,” added Skymet, a private forecasting



agency.

The monsoon made a late entry this year as it hit the Kerala coast on June 5 — a delay of four days from its normal onset date. However, it made speedy progress and has covered the entire country in some 21 days. Incidentally, IMD has predicted “deficient” rainfall this year.

So far, from June 1 onwards, the country has received 28 per cent more rain than its normal limit. For the first time in the season, northwest India has recorded 27 per cent more precipitation than normal while central India has so far received 55 per cent more rainfall.

The southern peninsula has witnessed 30 per cent more rain than what it usually receives. Eastern and northeastern India received 3 per cent more rainfall than the normal. Over the past 24 hours, northwest India has received 469 per cent more rain.