Monsoon hits pause, Northwest reels under heat 

Heat Wave conditions to prevail over Northwest during next 4-5 days, says IMD

After arriving early over the Kerala coast (its earliest onset in 16 years) the Southwest Monsoon has hit a pause, holding its position. 

The Northern Limit of Monsoon continues to pass through 17.0°N/55°E, 17.5°N/60°E, 18°N/65°E, 18.5°N/70°E,

Mumbai, Ahilyanagar, Adilabad, Bhawanipatna, Puri, Sandhead Island, 23.5°N/89.5°E, Balurghat, 30°N/85°E, according to the IMD

The weather office says that the seasonal rains will remain active over the South Peninsula with heavy to very heavy rainfall, and also some extremely heavy falls, over Karnataka and Konkan & Goa between till June 15. 

However, heat wave conditions will prevail over Northwest—Jammu and Kashmir, Punjab, Haryana, Rajasthan, Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand and Western Uttar Pradesh—during the next four to five days.

Meanwhile, rains are expected to pick up steam around mid-June.

This year monsoon made an early onset over Kerala on May 24, marking its earliest arrival since 2009 and eight days ahead of the June 1 onset date.

It reached Mizoram on the same day as Kerala, 12 days ahead of its normal schedule.

Normally southwest monsoon advances over most parts of NE by June 5.

The rains generally arrive over Delhi by June 27, spread across the entire country by early July and begin retreating from the northwest around mid-September.

Monsoon rains form a substantial part of India’s annual rainfall, thereby making it critical for India’s overall economy by replenishing reservoirs, groundwater, and two-third of India’s agricultural tracks.