IMD declares monsoon onset over Kerala
PTI
Cyclone `Biparjoy`
Meteorologists earlier said Cyclone `Biparjoy` had been impacting the intensity of the monsoon and that its onset over Kerala would be "mild"
PTI
Monsoon onset over Kerala
In a statement on Thursday, the IMD said, "The southwest monsoon has set in over Kerala today, June 8"
PTI
Southwest monsoon
The southwest monsoon normally sets in over Kerala on June 1 with a standard deviation of about seven days
PTI
Kerala
Skymet had predicted the monsoon onset over Kerala on June 7, with an error margin of three days
PTI
Couthwest monsoon
The southwest monsoon arrived in the southern state on May 29 last year, June 3 in 2021, June 1 in 2020, June 8 in 2019 and May 29 in 2018
PTI
Neha Kakkar hosts tea party