Monsoon has arrived over Delhi today, against its normal onset date of June 27.
According to the data by the India Meteorological Department (IMD) last time monsoon has hit the national capital on July 2 was in 2016 and 2017.
Last year, southwest monsoon had arrived on June 29.
Early Thursday morning, IMD’s Safdarjung base station recorded 4.6 mm rainfall, while 20 mm was recorded at the Tukmirpur station.
The maximum temperature was at 34.8 degree Celsius.
The met department on July 1 had forecasted that conditions were favourable for further advance of southwest monsoon into some more parts of Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh, Haryana-Chandigarh-Delhi and Punjab, and some parts of Rajasthan during next two days.
“A Low-Pressure area likely over northwest Bay of Bengal around 3 July, 2026. As a result, monsoon is likely to be in active phase over central parts of the country during next 5-6 days,” IMD said.
