By Our Correspondent
BHUBANESWAR: Southwest Monsoon has set in over Kerala today, the 24th May, 2025, against the normal date of 1st June. Thus, southwest monsoon has set in over Kerala 8 days before the normal date. This is the earliest date of monsoon onset over Kerala after the year 2009 when it was set in over Kerala on 23rd May 2009.
The Depression over Eastcentral Arabian Sea andadjoining south Konkan coast moved slowly eastwards with a speed of 5 kmphduring past 6 hours and lay centred at 1130 Hrs IST of today, the 24thMay 2025 close to south Konkan coast near latitude 17.00 N &longitude 73.30 E, close to Ratnagiri.
Latest observations indicatethat the depression is crossing the coast.After the landfall, it is likely to continue to move eastwards across Madhya Maharashtra and weakengradually into a well-marked low pressure area during next 24 hours.
