Monsoon withdraws from Pune, earliest in 12 years. The southwest monsoon began withdrawing from Pune on October 3, marking the city’s earliest monsoon retreat since 2014. The withdrawal came without a significant final spell of rain, leaving Maharashtra with a 17% rainfall deficit at the end of four-month monsoon season. The monsoon retreated from Pune five days earlier than the previous earliest retreat recorded on October 8, 2023.