IMD predicts monsoon 2024 arrival date for Kerala

Kerala : As India is suffering from the scorching heat, Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) has announced the expected date of monsoon 2024 arrival. 

"Advance of the southwest monsoon over Indian main land is marked by monsoon onset over Kerala and is an important indicator characterizing the transition from hot and dry season to a rainy season. As the monsoon progresses northward, relief from scorching summer temperatures is experienced over the areas," the Indian Meteorological Department said in a release on Saturday.

The IMD has officially announced that the monsoon will reach Kerala on May 31 with a statistical model error of ± 4 days.

The weather department uses various indicators to predict the onset of Monsoon in India, which include minimum temperatures over north-west India, pre-monsoon rainfall peak over the south Peninsula, outgoing longwave radiation (OLR) over the south China sea, lower tropospheric zonal wind over equatorial southeast Indian Ocean, outgoing longwave radiation (OLR) over Southwest Pacific Ocean upper tropospheric zonal wind over equatorial northeast Indian Ocean.