Monsoon advances over northeast, but IMD warns of heatwaves in northwest and other places

Published 7 June 2026 · india

The southwest monsoon advanced further on Sunday, covering more areas of the west-central Bay of Bengal and the northeastern states. The India Meteorological Department (IMD)

The southwest monsoon advanced further on Sunday, covering more areas of the west-central Bay of Bengal and the northeastern states. The India Meteorological Department (IMD) has forecast heavy to extremely heavy rainfall over southern and northeastern India for the coming week. Crucial for kharif sowing, the monsoon arrived in Kerala on 4 June, three days after its normal 1 June onset. As of 7 June, the monsoon has progressed into more areas of west-central and north-west Bay of Bengal, and its entire northeast, and fully covered Nagaland, Manipur and Mizoram, IMD said. It has also entered parts of Tripura, Assam and Arunachal Pradesh, it added. The weather office has forecast isolated heavy to very heavy rainfall, ranging between 7 cm and 20 cm, across Kerala, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu and northeastern India over the next seven days.

Karnataka may see isolated spells of extremely heavy rainfall between 8 and 10 June. Favourable conditions are likely to support further advance into Maharashtra, Karnataka, Telangana, Andhra Pradesh and Odisha. "Conditions are favourable for further advance of southwest monsoon into some more parts of central Arabian Sea, Maharashtra, Karnataka, some parts of Telangana, some more parts of Andhra Pradesh, remaining parts of Tamil Nadu & southwest Bay of Bengal and some more parts of westcentral & northwest Bay of Bengal, some parts of Chhattisgarh & Odisha, remaining parts of Northeastern states and some parts of Sub-Himalayan West Bengal & Sikkim during next 3-4 days," IMD said in a statement. India remains heavily dependent on the southwest monsoon, which accounts for over 70% of the country’s annual rainfall.

No respite for some regions Even as monsoon activity gathers pace, large parts of northwest India, some parts of central and peninsular India are likely to continue experiencing high temperatures and heatwaves. "Heatwave conditions very likely in isolated pockets over Coastal Andhra Pradesh & Yanam on 8 June; East Madhya Pradesh during 10-11 June; east Uttar Pradesh during 9-10 June; Haryana Chandigarh & Delhi during 8-11 June; Himachal Pradesh during 9-10 June; Punjab during 8-11 June; West Madhya Pradesh during 10-11 June; West Rajasthan during 8-11 June; and West Uttar Pradesh during 9-11 June," IMD said. The weather office said maximum temperatures are expected to rise gradually by 2-3°C in the northwest until 10 June before easing.