Southwest monsoon arrives in Karnataka: IMD

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Rain clouds gather implicit    skies of Mangaluru metropolis  connected  June 4, 2026. The IMD has declared the onset of the monsoon implicit    Kerala.

Rain clouds gather implicit skies of Mangaluru metropolis connected June 4, 2026. The IMD has declared the onset of the monsoon implicit Kerala. | Photo Credit: H S MANJUNATH

The southwest monsoon arrived successful Karnataka connected Thursday (June 4, 2026). The India Meteorological Department (IMD) announced the accomplishment of the southwest monsoon successful the State with rains having lashed immoderate parts of the coastal and interior Karnataka.

“The Northern Limit of Monsoon passes done 14°N/60°E, 13.5°N/65°E, 13°N/70°E, Mangaluru, Udhagamandalam, Kodaikanal, Thoothukudi, 8.8°N/79°E, 11°N/83°E, 14.5°N/87°E, 17.5°N/90°E,20°N/93°E and 22°N/95°E arsenic connected June 4 2026,” IMD said.

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It further added that conditions are favourable for further beforehand of southwest monsoon into immoderate much parts of Karnataka successful the adjacent mates of days.

“The southwest monsoon has arrived arsenic immoderate parts of Mangaluru and Mysuru received the archetypal rainfall connected Thursday (June 4, 2026). The conditions are precise favourable for further advancement of the monsoon successful the adjacent mates of days,” said N. Puviarasan, head, Meteorological Centre, Bengaluru.

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Southwest monsoon has acceptable successful implicit Kerala today, 4th June 2026. Isolated dense to precise dense rainfall (7-20cm) precise apt implicit Kerala & Karnataka and isolated dense rainfall implicit Tamil Nadu during adjacent 7 days. Heavy to precise dense rainfall is apt to… pic.twitter.com/Yrjhd0Wwr1

— India Meteorological Department (@Indiametdept) June 4, 2026

The IMD has forecast that dense to precise dense rainfall is apt to hap astatine a fewer places implicit Coastal Karnataka from June 4 to June 10 and astatine 1 oregon 2 places implicit northbound interior Karnataka connected June 5. It said that  heavy rainfall is apt to hap astatine 1 oregon 2 places implicit interior Karnataka from June 4 to June 10.

With respect to the somesthesia forecast, it said that determination would beryllium nary ample alteration successful maximum somesthesia with a falling inclination for the adjacent 5 days implicit northbound interior Karnataka and nary ample alteration successful maximum somesthesia for adjacent 5 days implicit southbound interior Karnataka and coastal Karnataka.

The IMD has already stated that the 2026 southwest monsoon seasonal rainfall (June to September) crossed Karnataka is expected to beryllium beneath mean successful astir parts of the State. However, immoderate regions successful northeast and southeast-interior Karnataka are apt to person mean to above-normal rainfall.

Published - June 04, 2026 06:27 p.m. IST

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