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India to see above-average July rains after wetter than normal June

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India’s monsoon comes 9 days early, accelerating planting | Honolulu Star-Advertiser

MUMBAI >> India’s annual monsoon rains covered the entire country on Sunday, nine days earlier than is typical, the weather department said, bringing forward planting of summer-sown crops.

Southwest monsoon covers the entire country early, but reaches Delhi late

It is rare for the monsoon advancement to happen over Delhi and the whole country on the same day, with only one such previous instance recorded in June.

Monsoon arrives early in Delhi, covers rest of India nine days in advance

IMD data shows earliest monsoon coverage since 2020, reaching Delhi ahead of schedule in 2025.

Monsoon Covers Entire India, 9 Days Early Than Expected

India's southwest monsoon has covered the entire country by June 29, 2025—nine days early—bringing intense rainfall, floods, and disruptions across multiple states in both east and west India.

Monsoon covers all of India nine days ahead of normal date

The southwest monsoon reached Delhi on Sunday, “simultaneously covering the entire country nine days ahead of schedule—a rare meteorological convergence that has occurred only five times since 2001, when IMD onset records for the Capital began,” reported HT citing IMD. The newspaper said this year’s June 29 convergence marks the earliest complete national coverage since 2020, with the monsoon typically taking a median of four days to cover the e…