The #India Meteorological Department (IMD) has issued a yellow alert for #Delhi, Gurgaon, and #Faridabad on Monday, June 23. The alert warns of heavy rainfall accompanied by thunderstorms and gusty winds.

A person takes shelter below a big umbrella amid rain, in New #Delhi, Tuesday, June 17, 2025. (PTI)

According to IMD’s forecast, the nationwide capital is predicted to witness mild to reasonable rainfall all through the day, with wind speeds more likely to contact 30–40 kmph. “During night – Light to Moderate #Rainfall, #Thunderstorm accompanied with lightning & gusty winds (30–40 kmph),” the IMD said in its weekly climate bulletin. Similar situations are anticipated to persist in the course of the night time as nicely.

The climate division has forecast a continuation of such situations over the subsequent two days — June 24 and 25. Tuesday’s forecast consists of a number of rounds of showers throughout elements of #Delhi. “During morning – Light to Moderate #Rainfall, #Thunderstorm accompanied with lightning & gusty winds (30–40 kmph),” IMD mentioned, including that the sample is predicted to repeat within the forenoon, afternoon, night, and night time.

#Delhi NCR climate at present

#Delhi’s neighbouring cities, Gurgaon and #Faridabad, are additionally below a yellow alert. These areas in #Delhi NCR are anticipated to obtain heavy rainfall, with thunderstorms and lightning possible all through the day.

Meanwhile, the IMD has forecast heavy to very heavy rainfall over northwest #India, #Madhya Pradesh, #Gujarat, and the Konkan and Goa areas by means of June 26, with #Madhya Pradesh anticipated to expertise extraordinarily heavy downpours on June 23 and 24.

When will the monsoon begin in #Delhi

The IMD has additional indicated that the monsoon’s onset over #Delhi and surrounding areas is imminent, possible by June 24. If that occurs, it could mark town’s earliest monsoon onset since 2013, when rains arrived on June 16.

The southwest monsoon is more likely to attain #Delhi, Chandigarh and elements of Haryana, western Uttar Pradesh, Punjab, and Jammu and Kashmir within the subsequent two days.

As per the IMD cited by ANI, “The southwest monsoon has advanced further over most parts of Himachal Pradesh, the entire Ladakh and Kashmir, most parts of Jammu, and some parts of Punjab.”

“Conditions are beneficial for the Southwest monsoon to advance additional over the remaining elements of the North Arabian Sea, some extra elements of Rajasthan and Punjab, some elements of Haryana, Chandigarh, and #Delhi, and the remaining elements of West Uttar Pradesh, Himachal Pradesh, and Jammu in the course of the subsequent two days,” it added.

In earlier years, the monsoon arrived in #Delhi on June 28 in 2023, June 30 in 2022, and as late as July 13 in 2021.

Monsoon reaches Punjab, Himachal

The southwest monsoon has superior additional, masking the whole area of Ladakh and spreading into most elements of Himachal Pradesh, Jammu and Kashmir, and a few areas of Punjab, the climate division mentioned on Sunday, reported PTI.

The IMD mentioned on Sunday that situations are beneficial for the southwest monsoon to advance into extra elements of Rajasthan, Punjab, Haryana, Chandigarh, and #Delhi, in addition to the remaining areas of western Uttar Pradesh, Himachal Pradesh, and Jammu & Kashmir over the subsequent two days.