India, May 27 -- The southwest monsoon made an unseasonably early entry into Pune on Monday, marking its earliest arrival in the city in over six decades. According to the India Meteorological Department (IMD), the northern limit of the monsoon now passes through Mumbai, Pune, and Solapur. The IMD has confirmed that rainfall recorded in these districts from Sunday will be officially counted as monsoon rainfall, despite the usual onset date being June 1.

This is the earliest monsoon onset in Pune since May 29, 1962. The advancement was accompanied by heavy rainfall in parts of the Pune district, especially in the ghat regions, bringing waterlogging, tree-fall incidents, and power outages in several areas.

"The southwest monsoon has made ...