Monsoon lastly covers complete India, marking slowest advance since 2021 | India Information
2 min learnBengaluruUp to date: Jul 9, 2026 01:06 PM IST
The India Meteorological Division (IMD) stated the southwest monsoon has reached the complete nation by Thursday. This yr’s monsoon advance is essentially the most delayed since 2021, when full protection was reached on July 12.
“The southwest monsoon has additional superior into the remaining components of Rajasthan, Haryana, Punjab, and the north Arabian Sea on July 9. It coated the complete nation on 09th July, someday after the traditional date of protecting complete India,” the IMD stated in a press release.
Throughout the previous few years, the monsoon advance was realised earlier: 2025 (June 29), 2024 (July 02), 2023 (July 02), and 2022 (July 02).
The monsoon season has been largely erratic, with June remaining dry and recording a 40 per cent deficit in all-India rainfall. However because the begin of July, the monsoon has remained energetic and made up for nearly the entire earlier month’s rain deficits.
As of July 8, the nation has acquired regular rainfall throughout the season. Quantitatively, that is 195.5 mm, or 15 per cent, which is taken into account regular rainfall. Solely about 25 per cent of the nation’s geographical areas stay rain poor now.
The IMD has forecast widespread heavy rain throughout the north and a few components of central India, together with Delhi, Punjab, Haryana, Uttar Pradesh, and Madhya Pradesh, for the subsequent two days.
