New Delhi, May 26 -- The Southwest Monsoon (SWM) has made rapid initial progress and reached as far north as Mumbai in Maharashtra, southern Telangana, Andhra Pradesh and almost the entirety of Northeast India after its onset on May 24, 2025. But the spectre of stalling and less rains in the coming weeks remain with the formation of a low-pressure area in the Bay of Bengal.

The onset over Kerala was eight days earlier than the normal date of June 1. For Mizoram, where the monsoon arrived on the same day as Kerala, the onset was 12 days earlier than normal. The onset in other areas has also been more than two weeks earlier than normal. For Mumbai city this is the earliest onset in the last 25 years, according to the India Meteorological ...