Early southwest monsoon rainfall in Mangalore an all-time record for May

IMD on May 30 declared the arrival of Monsoon in Mangaluru

The pristine beach of Panambur in Mangaluru, Karnataka witnessed a record single-day rainfall for the month of May. The rainguage at Panambur recorded 33 cm of rain in 24 hours starting from May 29, 0830 hours to May 30, 0830 hours.

Just about 10 km into the land, at the Mangaluru airport in Bajpe town, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) recorded 28 cm rainfall, lower than that on the coast. 

The IMD declared the onset of monsoon in Kerala on the morning of May 29. Later on in the day, a vortex formed out of a well-marked low-pressure area along the Mangaluru