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The arrival of the monsoon in Maharashtra on Sunday makes it the earliest onset ever recorded in the state in the past 35 years. (Express Photo/Sankhadeep Banerjee)
Records show that this is also the third earliest date of monsoon onset arrival in Maharashtra, in the past six decades since 1960. (Express Photo/Sankhadeep Banerjee)
According to IMD scientists, this is the earliest date of monsoon onset in Maharashtra since 1990, when monsoon arrived in the state on May 20. (Express Photo/Sankhadeep Banerjee)
A day after its arrival in Kerala, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) announced the onset of monsoon in Maharashtra on Sunday as southwest monsoon advanced into some parts of the state, nearly ten days ahead of the actual date of onset on June 5. (Express Photo/Sankhadeep Banerjee)
The India Meteorological Department (IMD), through its official handle @Indiametdept, stated, "Moderate spell of rainfall likely to continue over Kerala, coastal Maharashtra including Mumbai, south Jharkhand, north Uttar Pradesh and Meghalaya during next 3 hours." (Express Photo/Sankhadeep Banerjee)
The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation’s (BMC) automated weather system shows that the island city recorded an average of 58 mm of rainfall in the past 24 hours, followed by 19 mm and 15 mm in the eastern and western suburbs.(Express Photo/Sankhadeep Banerjee)
This is also the earliest onset of monsoon that Mumbai has seen in 35 years. In 1990, monsoon arrived in Maharashtra on May 20.(Express Photo/Sankhadeep Banerjee)
This year, Maharashtra witnessed advanced onset of the Southwest Monsoon on Sunday, May 25, ten days before the usual onset date of June 5. (Express Photo/Sankhadeep Banerjee)
The IMD has issued a ‘yellow’ alert in the city till Wednesday, and a nowcast warning from the weather bureau stated that heavy rainfall will continue to lash Mumbai throughout Monday, coupled with gusty winds blowing at 40 kmph. (Express Photo/Sankhadeep Banerjee)
The Santacruz station has recorded 197.8 mm of rain so far this month, with the highest recorded in May so far being 387.8 mm reported in 2000. (Express Photo/Sankhadeep Banerjee)
IMD records show that at 295 mm, the Colaba observatory has now recorded the highest rainfall during the month of May, shattering the previous record of 279.4 mm reported in May 1918. (Express Photo/Sankhadeep Banerjee)
Mumbai witnessed heavy showers on Monday, coupled with dark clouds. (Express Photo/Sankhadeep Banerjee)
