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Moving at a brisk pace, the Southwest Monsoon on Friday covered the entire length and breadth of the country, way ahead of schedule. "The Southwest Monsoon has further advanced into remaining parts of West Rajasthan. Thus, it has covered the entire country today, June 26, 2015," the India Meteorological Department (IMD) said in its bulletin. The normal date for the monsoon to cover entire India is July 15. Here are the top 10 talking points: (Express Photo)
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1. Monsoon in India: The monsoon made a late entry this year as it hit the Kerala coast on June 5 — a delay of four days from its normal onset date. However, it made speedy progress and has covered the entire country in some 21 days. (Express Photo)
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2. Monsoon in India: So far, from June 1 onwards, the country has received 28 per cent more rain than its normal limit. (Express Photo)
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3. Monsoon in India: For the first time in the season, northwest India has recorded 27 per cent more precipitation than normal while central India has so far received 55 per cent more rainfall. (Express Photo)
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4. Monsoon in India: The southern peninsula has witnessed 30 per cent more rain than what it usually receives. Eastern and northeastern India received 3 per cent more rainfall than the normal. (Express Photo)
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5. Monsoon in India: Over the past 24 hours, northwest India has received 469 per cent more rain. While the normal rainfall is 3.2-mm, the region received showers measuring 18.2-mm. (Express Photo)
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6. Monsoon in India: Jammu and Kashmir received a whopping 1,324 per cent more rainfall as the state measured 34.2-mm rainfall in the last 24 hours as against a normal limit of 2.4 mm. (Express Photo)
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7. Monsoon in India: East Rajasthan, where the normal precipitation is 2.6-mm, received 24.6-mm rainfall, marking a 846 per cent increase. (Express Photo)
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8. Monsoon in India: Gujarat region saw 635 per cent more rain while showers were 812 per cent more than the normal in Saurashtra and Kutch. (Express Photo)
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9. Monsoon in India: Incidentally, IMD has predicted "deficient" monsoon rainfall this year. (Express Photo)
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10. Monsoon in India: This rainfall deficit prediction may well be prevailing in Himachal Pradesh as the weather is mainly dry. This is two days after monsoons hit Himachal, but the rains have eluded most parts of the state barring some places in tribal areas and other pockets which received light to moderate rains with the weather remaining dry in the region. The local MeT office had warned of heavy to heavy rains at some places and extremely heavy rains in some pockets but monsoons remained subdued. Kalpa, Rekong Peo and Pooh in tribal Kinnaur received 25 mm, 22 mm and 16 mm of rains followed by Barsar 15 mm, Rampur 12 mm, Kheri 11 mm, Rohru 7 mm and Paonta Sahib 6 mm. (Express Photo)
