Southwest monsoon advances over coastal Karnataka

A woman and a child walk as rains continued in Udupi. File photo
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The crucial southwest monsoon has set in over Kerala on Saturday (May 24 2025), earlier than anticipated and the normal date of June 1, according to the India Meteorological Department (IMD), Bengaluru.

This is the earliest date of monsoon onset over Kerala after 2009 when it set in over Kerala on May 23, 2009, the IMD added.

Considering the onset dates from 1975, the earliest onset of monsoon over Kerala occurred in 1990 (May 19, 1990) which was 13 days before the normal onset date.

The IMD also said that the southwest monsoon has also advanced over coastal Karnataka and parts of south Interior Karnataka. “The northern limit of southwest Monsoon passes through Karwar, Shivamogga, Hassan and Mysuru of Karnataka and over Dharmapuri and Chennai of Tamil Nadu,” the IMD added.