Mumbai Weather Forecast, Maharashtra Weather Update Today Live Updates: The 2025 monsoon has arrived ahead of schedule, bringing widespread rainfall across multiple regions in India. The India Meteorological Department (IMD) has issued red alerts for multiple districts of Maharashtra including Mumbai, Thane, Raigad and Ratnagiri following intense showers. This is the earliest that rains have arrived in the financial capital of the country in 75 years.
Mumbai witnessed waterlogging in low-lying areas, while Kerala and coastal Maharashtra braced for strong winds. Extreme waterlogging visuals have arrived from Colaba, JJ Flyover, Santacruz and Navi Mumbai. Metro and train services experience halts and cancellations and residents face extreme duress. Airlines like Air India, SpiceJet, Indigo have issued travel advisories for passengers as gusty winds, thunder-squalls and lightning might disrupt operations. States like Bihar, Rajasthan and Madhya Pradesh in the north remain under orange warning.
For Mumbai rains, the IMD has warned residents to take precautions while moving out as heavy rains are expected to continue till May 30. Deputy CMs Eknath Shinde and Ajit Pawar have relayed relief efforts across the state. The Mumbai monsoon mayhem also brings great damage and loss to crops and agriculture surrounding Pune, which experienced brief sunny skies earlier today.
Warnings have been issued for Cyclone Shakti as a low-pressure area likely to form over Bay of Bengal triggering heavy rainfalls till May 29. Jharkhand, north Uttar Pradesh and Meghalaya are also set to experience moderate showers today, May 26. However, regions like Rajasthan with lower than normal temperatures reported and have a 60% chance of rainfall with likelihood of a dust storm.
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Weather update today: Normal Dates vs Actual Monsoon Dates 2025
As per the Indian Met Department, the South Western Monsoon has usually arrived after May 20. However, in 2025, showers came as early as May 13 to India from the Arabian Sea to the Bay of Bengal. Rain-bearing winds which hit Kerala by 1 June came more than a week early in 2025.
Weather update today: A Complete Guide to India’s monsoon update
With the onset of early monsoon this year, India sees heavy rains, clogged roads, uprooted trees and thunder storms in the latter part of May. As early South West Monsoon progresses towards Kerala, Tamil Nadu and southern-Karnataka, cities came to a halt as residents were advised to stay home. Traffic jams became common as Mumbai received early rains after more than 50 years since 1971.