The southwest monsoon withdrew from the entire country on Thursday, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) said, stating simultaneously, northeast monsoon rains had commenced over the southern parts of the country on the same day – bringing widespread showers to Tamil Nadu, Puducherry, Andhra Pradesh, Kerala and Karnataka.
The northeast monsoon only impacts southern India, with rains continuing into December. “The monsoon withdrawal has been on track. The combined effect is bringing widespread showers from Rajasthan and Punjab to Delhi, Haryana and western Uttar Pradesh.
rains continue until October 15 in parts of the country, which is the normal date for withdrawal for the entire country, as per the long period average (LPA) While the IMD records the southwest monsoon season from June 1 until September 30. Last year, the monsoon withdrew on October 16 from all of India, while it withdrew on October 15 in 2024 too. In 2023, withdrawal was declared on October 19; October 23 in 2022 and October 25 in 2021. Since 2000, the most delayed withdrawal occurred in 2010 – on October 29.
The rains we are seeing across northwest India is due to a western disturbance and two cyclonic circulations.
“Typically, the southwest monsoon withdraws from the country on or after October 15 and around the same time, the northeast monsoon gets established over the south Peninsula region,” said an IMD official. The IMD said a number of weather systems were already at play in southern India, contributing to rainfall there. “Heavy rainfall has also occurred at a few places over Tamil Nadu, Puducherry and Karaikal,” it added. We expect this impact to be over by Friday,” said Mahesh Palawat, vice president at Skymet.
