School holiday August 18, 2026: Will schools remain closed on Monday? From J&K, Delhi, Himachal Pradesh, UP to Maharashtra, check rain alerts & state-wise updates

With monsoon rains expected to continue across several parts of India, students and parents are keeping an eye on possible school closures on Tuesday, August 18, 2026. The India Meteorological Department (IMD) has forecast widespread rainfall in several regions, with some areas likely to witness heavy to extremely heavy showers. However, a weather alert does not automatically mean schools will remain closed. The final decision is usually taken by the state government, district administration, education department or individual schools based on local weather conditions, including flooding, waterlogging, landslides and disruptions to travel.

School Holiday August 18: Will Schools Be Closed?

Schools may announce a holiday on August 18 if heavy rain, flooding or other weather-related disruptions make travel unsafe. However, there is no nationwide school holiday due to the monsoon, and closure decisions will depend on local weather conditions and orders from the concerned authorities.

IMD's August 18 weather forecast

❖ Heavy to Very Heavy Rainfall with isolated Extremely Heavy Rainfall very likely at isolated places over


Jharkhand.

❖ Heavy to Very Heavy Rainfall very likely at isolated places over Bihar, Chhattisgarh, East Madhya Pradesh,

Himachal Pradesh, Odisha and West Uttar Pradesh.

❖ Heavy Rainfall very likely at isolated places over Arunachal Pradesh, Assam & Meghalaya, East Uttar Pradesh,

Haryana, Chandigarh & Delhi, Jammu-Kashmir-Ladakh-Gilgit-Baltistan-Muzaffarabad, Kerala & Mahe, Nagaland,

Manipur, Mizoram and Tripura, Punjab, Tamil Nadu Puducherry & Karaikal, Uttarakhand and West Bengal & Sikkim.

❖ Thunderstorm accompanied with lightning & gusty winds(40-50kmph) very likely at isolated places over

Andhra Pradesh, Gujarat Region, North Interior Karnataka and Tamil Nadu Puducherry & Karaikal.

❖ Thunderstorm accompanied with lightning & gusty winds(30-40kmph) very likely at isolated places over

Andaman & Nicobar Islands, Bihar, Jammu-Kashmir-Ladakh-Gilgit-Baltistan-Muzaffarabad, Jharkhand, Madhya

Pradesh, Odisha, South Interior Karnataka, Telangana and West Bengal & Sikkim.

❖ Thunderstorm accompanied with Lightning very likely at isolated places over Arunachal Pradesh, Assam &

Meghalaya, Chhattisgarh, Nagaland, Manipur, Mizoram and Tripura and Uttarakhand.

❖ Strong Surface Winds very likely at isolated places over Andhra Pradesh, Interior Karnataka and Telangana.

❖ Bay of Bengal: Squally wind with speed 45-55 kmph gusting to 65 kmph is likely to prevail over few parts of

Comorin area and southwest Bay of Bengal adjoining south Sri Lanka coast.

❖ Squally Weather with wind speed 45-55 kmph gusting to 65 kmph is likely to prevail along and off Odisha, West

Bengal and Bangladesh coasts, over most parts of northwest adjoining northeast Bay of Bengal.

❖ Squally Weather with wind speed 40-50 kmph gusting to 60 kmph is likely to prevail along and off Bangladesh

coast, over some parts northeast & few parts of central Bay of Bengal.