The IMD announced the onset of southwest monsoon over Mumbai

The IMD had reported that the southwest monsoon has advanced to parts of the central Arabian Sea, south Maharashtra, Telangana, south Chhattisgarh, south Odisha, and more areas of coastal Andhra Pradesh

This year`s Monsoon onset was two days earlier as the usual date of the onset is June 1

This year, Kerala experienced widespread pre-monsoon rains

After the onset of monsoon over Mumbai on June 9, ahead of the normal date of its arrival on June 11, the rains had stayed away from the metropolis for the last two days, turning the weather in the metropolis sultry