Monsoon likely to reach Telangana by June 11

Hyderabad: The southwest monsoon is set to make its onset over the Kerala coast within two days – most probably either on June 4 or June 5 and it would take five to seven days to reach Telangana, which is either on June 11 or June 12.

The IMD has issued a forecast of isolated heavy to very heavy rainfall (7-20 cm) very likely over Kerala and isolated heavy rainfall over Tamil Nadu and Karnataka during the next six to seven days.

The IMD has also said that moderate to severe thunderstorm activity with squally wind speed up to 40 -50 kmph likely over many parts of northwest, central & east India and south peninsular India during many days of the week.

According to the Indian Meteorological Department (IMD), the onset of the monsoon is getting delayed this year resulting in hot conditions in the state even in June. The officials said during the previous year, the monsoon had hit the Kerala coast on May 24 and in no time reached Telangana on May 26.

Stating that the monsoon is getting delayed this year, GNRS Srinivas Rao, senior IMD meteorologist, Hyderabad, said the monsoon normally reaches the Andaman and Nicobar Islands in the third week of May and hit the mainland by June 1.

However, this year, the monsoon will be hitting the Kerala coast most probably on June 4. This is not the first time that the monsoon has been delayed in Telangana. As per the past five-year data, the monsoon was delayed thrice. During 2020, the monsoon hit Kerala shore on June 1 and reached Telangana on June 11 and took only one day to spread across the state.

Similarly in 2021, the monsoon hit Kerala shore on June 3 and reached Telangana on June 6 and took five days to spread in the state. In 2022, the monsoon hit the Kerala coast on May 29 and reached Telangana on June 13 taking two days to spread across the state. In the year 2023, the monsoon reached Kerala on June 8 and it reached Telangana on June 22 and took two days to spread across the state. In 2024, the monsoon touched Kerala on May 30 and reached Telangana on June 3. The monsoon generally withdraws from Telangana on October 15 to 20.