After the withdrawal of the southwest

monsoon from the country on Sunday, a week

later than the normal schedule, the northeast
monsoon is likely to commence over
Southeast Peninsular

India on October 29, a weather bulletin issued

by the India Meteorological Department
(IMD) has said.
Normally, the southwest monsoon starts
receding from the northwestern parts of India
on September 17, and withdraws completely
from the country by October 15. The
withdrawal of the southwest monsoon heralds
the beginning of the north-easterly winds that
bring the northeast monsoon to parts of
Southeast Peninsular India, including Kerala.
The cyclone that formed over the Bay of
Bengal delayed the onset of the northeast
monsoon. The State received a normal
southwest monsoon, getting 1,736.6 mm of
rainfall against the long-period average of
2018.6 mm. The State used to get an average
492 mm of rain during the northeast rainfall.