As the monsoon arrives early over Mumbai and Pune, Maharashtra experiences “extremely” severe rainfall.

As the monsoon arrives early over Mumbai and Pune, Maharashtra experiences “extremely” severe rainfall. After beginning on May 30, the Southwest monsoon has moved quickly and steadily forward, passing over large portions of Maharashtra, Pune, and Mumbai on Sunday.

As it has done every season thus far, the monsoon onset over Mumbai and Pune occurred two days earlier than its typical date of June 11.

The Northern Limit of Monsoon now crosses Thane, Ahmednagar, Beed, Nizamabad, Sukma, Malkangiri, Vizianagaram, and Islampur according to the most recent development.

The last several days have seen widespread, heavy rainfall across Madhya Maharashtra and the Konkan, according to the India Meteorological Department (IMD).

With the arrival of the monsoon, a “red” signal has been issued for coastal Karnataka, the Konkan, and Madhya Maharashtra, indicating a possibility of exceptionally heavy rainfall (greater than 204 mm in 24 hours) until Monday.

Over the coming week, these areas will continue to have heavy rainfall. These locations will stay under a “orange” alert until Tuesday because it is anticipated that the monsoon will persist over the upcoming week.

With 117 mm of rain on Sunday, Pune (Shivajinagar) had its third wettest June day since 1969. Late on Saturday, thunder and intense rain devastated the city, flooding most of the main thoroughfares and underpasses. The IMD rainfall statistics for Pune’s Lohegaon and surrounding areas shows 1398 mm of rain in the last 24 hours.

In June, Pune (Shivajinagar) receives 156.3 mm of rain on average. The city received more rain on Saturday than it did in a month, and as of 8.30 am on Sunday, it had received 209.1 mm, well ahead of the monsoon season. Since 1969, the city of Pune has seen the wettest June day—529.5 mm—against the annual total of 763 mm. This occurred in 1991.

Assam, Meghalaya, Sikkim, and Arunachal Pradesh are among the states in Northeast India that are projected to see very high rainfall between June 10 and 13, the IMD has warned. This region has seen constant rainfall this season thus far, even since the early beginning was realized over it.

In the meantime, North and Northwest India, where the monsoon has not yet arrived, are once again experiencing scorching conditions.

Heatwave conditions will persist until June 13 in Punjab, Haryana, Bihar, Jharkhand, Gangetic West Bengal, Jammu, Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Delhi, Western Rajasthan, and Madhya Pradesh. The IMD has predicted that “severe” heatwave conditions will develop over Uttar Pradesh through June 13.