India, June 24 -- One of the city's most delayed monsoons on record arrived on Tuesday, 12 days after the normal onset date of June 11, bringing Mumbaiites much-needed relief from high temperatures and humidity levels.

As per data from the India Meteorological Department (IMD), this is the joint third-most delayed monsoon onset over Mumbai since 1951. The most delayed monsoon arrival in the city was on June 25 in 1959, 2019 and 2022, followed by June 24 in 1974, and June 23 in 1981.

"The Southwest Monsoon has further advanced into the remaining parts of the central Arabian Sea, some more parts of Maharashtra, including Mumbai, the remaining parts of Telangana and Odisha, and some more parts of Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand and Bihar. The nort...