Southwest monsoon covers entire country after delay of five days: IMD

The southwest monsoon covered its last outposts — the desert town of Jaisalmer and Ganganagar in Rajasthan — on Monday but evaded Delhi.

After advancing over Delhi-NCR, the southwest monsoon covered the entire country on July 13 after a delay of five days, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) said. The southwest monsoon usually covers the entire country on July 8. The earlier normal date for the monsoon to cover the entire country was July 15. Last year, the IMD revised its onset date for several areas. It is also one of the usual instances when monsoon has covered the national capital in the end.