IMD forecasts heavy rain across multiple Indian states for June 28, with Delhi-NCR thunderstorms and Uttar Pradesh heatwave alert

A mixed-weather warning for June 28

The India Meteorological Department’s forecast for Sunday, June 28, points to a broad and uneven weather pattern across India: heavy rain in several eastern, southern and western states, thunderstorms and gusty winds in Delhi-NCR, and continuing heatwave conditions in parts of Uttar Pradesh.

The advisory was first carried on June 27 and was still being confirmed by later coverage on June 28, indicating that the same bulletin continued to shape the day’s weather risk. The immediate concern is not a single nationwide event, but several different hazards arriving at once in different parts of the country.

Where the rain risk is highest

IMD said heavy to very heavy rain was likely in Assam and Meghalaya. It also flagged heavy rain in Bihar, Odisha, Telangana, Kerala, Tamil Nadu, Chhattisgarh, Coastal Andhra Pradesh, Coastal Karnataka, Puducherry and Karaikal, Konkan and Goa, and parts of the Northeast.

The agency also warned of extremely heavy rain at isolated places over Sub-Himalayan West Bengal and Sikkim. That makes the eastern Himalayan belt one of the most closely watched zones in the forecast, alongside Assam.

The wider public-safety risk in these areas is clear: flooding, waterlogging and transport disruption can follow quickly if rain bands remain intense or stall over urban and low-lying locations.

Assam becomes the most urgent local case

Assam is the state where the forecast translated most clearly into local operational alerts. Coverage from Guwahati said the Assam State Disaster Management Authority escalated district-level warnings after the IMD forecast.

Kokrajhar and Chirang were placed under red alert, while Baksa, Lakhimpur and Dhemaji were under orange alert. That escalation suggests authorities were preparing for a more serious impact than a routine seasonal shower pattern.

For residents in those districts, the main concerns are not only rainfall totals but also the knock-on effects: waterlogging, strained road links and the possibility that local response systems may need to move quickly if conditions worsen.

Delhi-NCR faces storms, not a rain belt

Delhi-NCR sits in a different part of the hazard map. The forecast for the capital region centered on thunderstorms with lightning and gusty winds of up to 50 kmph rather than heavy rain.

Separate coverage on June 28 said Delhi also had a yellow alert for rain over the next two days after an exceptionally hot spell earlier in the week. That makes the capital region a thunderstorm-and-wind story, not a flood story, even though brief showers may still provide some relief from the heat.

The timing matters. Delhi had already seen a season-high feels-like temperature of 51.3C reported on June 27, so any storm activity will be arriving after a period of unusually oppressive conditions.

Uttar Pradesh remains under heat stress

While rain and storms dominate much of the advisory, Uttar Pradesh stays on the hot side of the map. IMD said severe heatwave conditions were possible in isolated parts of east Uttar Pradesh, while west Uttar Pradesh remained under heatwave conditions.

That creates a direct public-health concern, especially for outdoor workers, commuters and anyone without reliable cooling. Unlike the rain-affected states, the immediate issue in Uttar Pradesh is heat exposure rather than water-related disruption.

The forecast therefore sets up a sharp contrast within the same day: dangerous rainfall in one band of the country and dangerous heat in another.

Monsoon advance remains active

Beyond the day’s weather hazards, IMD said conditions were favourable for further advance of the southwest monsoon into more parts of Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand, Bihar, Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand over the next few days.

That means the June 28 bulletin is not just a snapshot of conditions for one Sunday. It also points to a broader seasonal progression that could shift the rain belt farther north and west if the system holds.

For forecasters, that makes the next bulletin important. Any change in the strength or position of the rain zones could alter the risk profile quickly for states already under watch.

What to watch next

The most important follow-up is whether IMD revises the affected-state list or changes alert intensity in a later bulletin. Assam’s district-level red and orange alerts are also likely to be reviewed as the weekend unfolds.

Delhi-NCR will be watched for whether thunderstorms produce only brief relief or more persistent unsettled weather. In Uttar Pradesh, the key question is how long heatwave conditions continue before any cooler, wetter air arrives.

For now, the country’s weather picture is split between rain-threat zones, storm-prone urban belts and parts of the north still under severe heat stress.