Monsoon finally reaches Delhi, covers all of India in the 66-year period from 1960 to 2025.

Last year, the monsoon covered the entire country six days ahead of schedule on July 2.

The IMD has issued a yellow alert for Delhi on Monday, forecasting light to moderate showers, with light rain likely to continue from July 1 through July 5. Heavy to very heavy rainfall is forecast across many parts of northwest, central, eastern, and northeastern India over the next seven days, with isolated extremely heavy spells expected over Jharkhand and Odisha on June 30.

Meteorologist Ashwary Tiwari, who runs the IndiaMetsky handle on social media, explained that a low-pressure area over the Bay of Bengal will enhance moisture flow by Monday. “The low pressure area will move over the axis and feed moisture, increasing its strength and depth. We can expect more rain over Delhi and other parts of northwest India on Monday,” he said.

IMD’s long-range forecast for northwest India projectsa normal monsoon [92-108% of the long-period average of 61.5cm] this season.

The Long Period Average represents rainfall received in the region over the 50-year period between 1961 and 2010. Between June 1 and June 29, there was 8% excess rain over the country with 37% excess over northwest India; 24% excess over central India; 17% deficiency over east and northeast India and 2% deficiency over south peninsula.

With the monsoon now established across the entire subcontinent ahead of its usual mid-July timeline, the focus will be on whether adequate rainfall is sustained and evenly spread, especially through the crucial crop-growing months ahead.

REFERENCE: HINDUSTAN TIMES