Updated On: 08 June, 2023 01:01 PM IST | New Delhi | mid-day online correspondent
As per the India Meteorological Department (IMD), the southwest monsoon reached the Indian mainland on Thursday. A week later than it normally does, the India Meteorological Department declares its onset over Kerala

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As per the India Meteorological Department (IMD), the southwest monsoon reached the Indian mainland on Thursday.
A week later than it normally does, the India Meteorological Department declares its onset over Kerala. The southwest monsoon normally sets in over Kerala on June 1 with a standard deviation of about seven days. In mid-May, the IMD said the monsoon might arrive in Kerala by June 4.