The southwest monsoon entered Gujarat on Wednesday and reached Surat, with conditions remaining favorable for further advance, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) said.
While parts of south Gujarat received rain, areas of north Gujarat and Saurashtra witnessed a rise in maximum temperatures. Gandhinagar and Rajkot recorded the highest maximum temperature of 40.5 degrees Celsius.
The IMD has forecast heavy rainfall at isolated places in south Gujarat during the next 24 hours with moderate thunderstorms with lightning and surface winds of 40-50 km per hour.
Light to moderate rain is also likely in parts of Gujarat during the next seven days.
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The monsoon usually covers Gujarat by June 15, but it is late this year.
“The southwest monsoon has advanced further in some parts of North East Arabian Sea, Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh, remaining parts of Maharashtra and some other parts of Chhattisgarh and Jharkhand today, June 24, 2026,” the IMD said in its latest update.
The northern limit of the monsoon has passed through Surat, Indore, Mandla, Daltonganj and Motihari, and conditions remain favorable for further advance into other parts of Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh, remaining parts of Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand, Bihar and some parts of Uttar Pradesh in the next two-three days, it said.
