Mumbai could witness its earliest monsoon ever in 2025 in the upcoming three days. The Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) shared that the spell of rains will continue for the next three-four hours today, May 26. Severe waterlogging was reported after heavy showers on Sunday night. Orange to red alerts for the city and surrounding areas of Mumbai and suburban areas has been issued.

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If the situation continues, 2025 might break the record of Mumbai’s monsoon as the previous recorded monsoon in May is as early as the 29th in 1956, 1962 and 1971. As per the latest IMD reports, Colaba remained the most affected regions which received more than 65 mm of rainfall as of May 26. Santacruz comes in second with moderate a 14mm.

A massive traffic jam was reported on the Bhiwandi-Wada road in Maharashtra’s Thane last week causing infrastructural damage to roads and cars. For now, moderate to heavy spells of rainfall with moderate thunderstorms with squally winds 50-60 kmph have been predicted. Lower temperatures with cloudy skies will remain the trend in urban regions of the city with a maximum rise to 33 degrees over the week.

With the onset of June, monsoon will gradually move north-wards while it currently stems from Andhra Pradesh, Kerala and Tamil Nadu. The early onset also predicts “above normal” showers for the country this year. May has been reported the wettest so far for Delhi as power cuts and waterlogging disrupts travel. Due to heavy showers on Sunday, more than 200 flights were delayed and 49 domestic and international flights were diverted from Delhi.

Winds reached above 80 kmph as they gusted through infrastructure uprooting trees and clogging the roads. According to reports, the rainfall levels reported so far in May 2025 is nearly nine times the monthly average of 21.9 mm. The previous record,165 mm, was set in 2008.