Southwest monsoon fully retreats from entire India
Millennium Post Delhi|October 16, 2024
The country sees wettest monsoon since 2020, records 8% more rainfall in 2024

NEW DELHI: The India Meteorological Department (IMD) announced on Tuesday that the southwest monsoon has fully retreated from the country, and the northeast monsoon has commenced in southeast peninsular India.

This year, the southwest monsoon reached Kerala on May 30 and covered the entire country by July 2, starting its withdrawal from northwest India on September 23.

Typically, the southwest monsoon arrives in Kerala by June 1, spreads across the country by July 8, and begins withdrawing from northwest India around September 17, completing by October 15.

"Today, the southwest monsoon has withdrawn from the whole country. Simultaneously, the northeast monsoon has begun over southeast peninsular India," the IMD said in its statement.

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