NEW DELHI: The southwest (summer) Monsoon arrived in Kerala on Sunday, three days ahead of its normal date of onset (June 1), beginning the four-month rainy season in the country, said the India Meteorological Department which has already predicted ‘normal’ and well-distributed rainfall during the season. This is only the third occasion in the past 10 years when the summer monsoon recorded early onset — before June 1.
“Conditions are favourable for further advance of southwest monsoon into some parts of central Arabian Sea, reaming parts of Kerala, some more parts of Tamil Nadu, some parts of Karnataka, and some more parts of south and central Bay of Bengal, some parts of northeast Bay of Bengal and northeastern states during next 3-4 days,” said the Met department.
