Mumbai Monsoon 2025 Explained: Why monsoon came early to city this year, and why it is raining so much

Mumbai Monsoon Start Update 2025:  Mumbai woke up to an unusual Monday in what has been an unusual May — monsoon arrived two weeks in advance, and in full force. Life was thrown out of gear in the maximum city as several pockets reeled under water logging, traffic and slow train services. This year’s monsoon … Read more

What caused an ‘early’ monsoon onset in India this year?

Monsoon Start Update in India 2025: The India Meteorological Department (IMD) declared the monsoon onset over Kerala on Saturday (May 24), eight days ahead of its normal date schedule of June 1. The onset marks the beginning of the four-month, June-September southwest monsoon season over India, which brings more than 70 per cent of the … Read more

IMD Mumbai Yellow Alert: Mumbai receives 135 mm rainfall today, shatters 107-year-old record for month of May

Two days after hitting Kerala ahead of schedule, the southwest monsoon marked an early arrival in Mumbai on Monday — the earliest recorded onset in at least the past 75 years. With some parts of the city recording over 200 mm of rainfall between Sunday midnight and Monday afternoon, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) upgraded … Read more

Heavy rain lash Mumbai; parts of city under red, orange alert today | Latest News India

Mumbai rain: Heavy rain battered Mumbai late on Sunday, with the India Meteorological Department (IMD) issuing orange and red alerts for several parts of the city as well as its suburban areas. The weather forecast for Monday, as per IMD, is “generally cloudy sky with heavy rain”.(File/HT photo) Several parts of the city also suffered … Read more