Southwest monsoon arrives in Andhra Pradesh, says IMD

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An cultivation  idiosyncratic    fetching h2o  from a pipeline to quench his  thirst amid aggravated  heat, successful  Kothapatnam mandal, adjacent   Ongole, connected  Saturday.

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The Southwest monsoon entered Andhra Pradesh connected June 6, 2026 (Saturday), 2 days aft the accustomed day of arrival, announced the India Meteorological Department (IMD), Amaravati.

n a property release, the IMD said the monsoon precocious into immoderate much parts of Karnataka, full Goa, a fewer parts of Maharashtra and Andhra Pradesh, astir parts of Tamil Nadu, and immoderate parts of Northwest Bay of Bengal, Mizoram and Manipur.

The accustomed day for onset of the monsoon successful Andhra Pradesh is June 4. The erstwhile year, it had arrived connected May 26. According to the IMD, conditions are favourable for further beforehand of the monsoon successful immoderate much parts of the State successful the adjacent three-four days. The monsoon touches Rayalaseema first, and moves northwards, upwind experts say.

Rain successful Rayalaseema

The Rayalaseema portion received bully magnitude of rainfall successful 24 hours ending astatine 8.30 a.m. connected Saturday. Manthralayam successful Kurnool territory received the maximum rainfall of 50 mm, followed by Yemmiganur successful Kurnool territory and Kanekal successful Anantapur territory (40 mm), Nagari successful Chittoor territory (30 mm), and Gorantla successful Sri Sathya Sai district, Kunurpi successful Anantapur district, Alur successful Kurnool district, Rayadurg successful Anantapur territory (20 mm).

On Saturday, immoderate places experienced terrible heatwave conditions, portion others received mean rainfall. Between 8.30 a.m. and 4 p.m., D. Polavaram successful Kakinada territory received the highest rainfall of 48.75 mm, followed by Rolugunta and Nathavaram successful Anakapalli territory (27.5 mm) and Kothakota successful Anakapalli (25.5 mm).

According to the A.P. State Disaster Management Authority, 23 mandals experienced terrible heatwave conditons and 88 mandals experienced heatwave connected Saturday. Most of these were successful Anakapalli, Srikakulam and Vizianagaram districts. The day’s highest somesthesia of 44 grade Celsius was recorded successful Pedaparupudi successful Krishna and Kanigiri successful Markapuram districts.

The IMD has fixed a dense rainfall informing for Rayalaseema, particularly for the districts of Sri Sathya Sai, Kurnool and Anantapur, for Sunday (June 7). Meanwhile, a heatwave alert has been issued for isolated places successful coastal Andhra Pradesh for June 7 and 8. People successful the districts of NTR, Krishna, Bapatla, East and West Godavari, Eluru, Guntur, and adjacent districts whitethorn acquisition heatwave conditions connected the 2 days.

Published - June 06, 2026 07:53 p.m. IST

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