Southwest Monsoon reaches Andhra Pradesh early in 2025
South West monsoons have covered up to Rayalaseema and up to Kavali in South Andhra Pradesh
By Sri Lakshmi Muttevi
Southwest Monsoon reaches Andhra Pradesh early in 2025
Amaravati: India is witnessing an unusually early onset of the southwest monsoon in 2025, with Kerala experiencing its earliest monsoon arrival in 16 years. On May 26, Monday, the Southwest Monsoon made an onset in Andhra Pradesh, a week ahead of the usual time recorded in 2024.
According to the India Meteorological Department (IMD) in Amaravati, āThis is the earliest monsoon to Andhra Pradesh in the last few years. SW monsoons have covered up to Rayalaseema and up to Kavali in South Andhra Pradesh.ā
On Monday, Southwest Monsoon has further advanced into some more parts of central Arabian Sea, some more parts of Maharashtra including Mumbai, Karnataka including Bengaluru, remaining parts of Tamil Nadu, some parts of Telangana and Andhra Pradesh, some more parts of West Central and North Bay of Bengal, remaining parts of Mizoram, entire Tripura, Manipur, Nagaland, Arunachal Pradesh, some parts of Assam and Meghalaya.
Advancing towards the Southwest Monsoon
Conditions are favourable for further advance of Southwest Monsoon into remaining parts of central Arabian Sea, some more parts of Maharashtra, remaining parts of Karnataka, some more parts of Telangana, Andhra Pradesh, remaining parts of West Central and some more parts of North Bay of Bengal and remaining parts northeastern states and some parts of Sub-Himalayan West Bengal and Sikkim during next three days.
āThe upper air trough now runs from cyclonic circulation associated with the above low-pressure area over Marathwada and neighbourhood to north coastal Andhra Pradesh across north Telangana, south Chhattisgarh and south Odisha between 3.1 and 5.8 km above mean sea level, tilting southwards with height. A low-pressure area is likely to form over West Central and adjoining North Bay of Bengal around May 27,ā said the IMD.
Date of onset and date of withdrawal in Andhra:
2025: May 26.
2024: June 2, October 15.
2023: June 11, October 19.
2022: June 13, October 23.
2021: June 4, October 25.
2020: June 7, October 28.
2019: June 20, October 16.
Further, the IMD anticipates that Mumbai could experience its earliest monsoon onset since 1956, with conditions favourable for arrival within the next three days. In Karnataka, the monsoon has already covered 60 per cent of the state as of May 26, a significant development that could make May 2025 the wettest in 15 years for the region.
