India, July 7 -- The southwest monsoon, which runs from June to September, arrives over most of the country in June. But July is a relatively more important month in terms of the cumulative performance of rainfall in the season. This is because it is usually the rainiest month of the season. How is monsoon performance in the first week of the month? The six days of July have helped offset some of the rain deficit accumulated in June. However, an HT analysis of the gridded data of the India Meteorological Department (IMD) shows an uneven distribution. Here are four charts that show how.

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