Heavy rainfall swept across parts of Delhi-NCR on Monday morning, offering a significant relief from the prevailing heat and humidity. The early downpour brought cooler temperatures and improved air quality, providing much-needed comfort to residents who had been enduring days of hot and muggy weather. The showers also led to waterlogging in some low-lying areas.
A few areas recorded very light rain on Sunday. Najafgarh got moderate showers of 19mm.
The Met office had issued a yellow alert for moderate rain on Sunday. However, no such weather activity was recorded across the city until late in the evening. A similar yellow alert was issued for Monday too, and the IMD expects more rain as the monsoon trough is now over Delhi.
The IMD said that the monsoon trough was directly over Delhi on Sunday and was passing over Suratgarh, Sirsa, Delhi, Lucknow, Varanasi, Daltonganj, Bankura, Digha, and the Bay of Bengal. "Light to moderate showers are likely on Monday too. A yellow alert has been issued. We can expect some rain activity overnight too," an IMD official said.
Weatherman Navdeep Dahiya said on X: "We will see active monsoon conditions in Punjab, Haryana, Delhi, UP, MP, north Rajasthan, and Chandigarh this coming week." Widespread overnight and early morning showers, including heavy spells, were likely to impact several cities, including Delhi. "Afternoon and evening showers will be scattered (hit or miss)..." the post said, adding that in some places across northwest India, 50mm to 150mm of rainfall is likely in a single spell too.
The IMD declared the onset of the southwest monsoon on June 29 — two days after its normal date. So far this month, only 5.9mm has been logged. Normally, Delhi sees 209.7mm in July. Last year, 203.7mm was recorded in July.
The city's base station at Safdarjung recorded 35 degrees Celsius, two degrees below normal. The IMD expects the maximum temperature to hover around 32-34 degrees Celsius on Monday. The minimum temperature is expected to hover around 25-27 degrees Celsius.
Delhi is in the middle of its cleanest spell of air this year. The average air quality index (AQI) was 75 on Sunday.
(With TOI inputs)
A few areas recorded very light rain on Sunday. Najafgarh got moderate showers of 19mm.
The Met office had issued a yellow alert for moderate rain on Sunday. However, no such weather activity was recorded across the city until late in the evening. A similar yellow alert was issued for Monday too, and the IMD expects more rain as the monsoon trough is now over Delhi.
The IMD said that the monsoon trough was directly over Delhi on Sunday and was passing over Suratgarh, Sirsa, Delhi, Lucknow, Varanasi, Daltonganj, Bankura, Digha, and the Bay of Bengal. "Light to moderate showers are likely on Monday too. A yellow alert has been issued. We can expect some rain activity overnight too," an IMD official said.
Weatherman Navdeep Dahiya said on X: "We will see active monsoon conditions in Punjab, Haryana, Delhi, UP, MP, north Rajasthan, and Chandigarh this coming week." Widespread overnight and early morning showers, including heavy spells, were likely to impact several cities, including Delhi. "Afternoon and evening showers will be scattered (hit or miss)..." the post said, adding that in some places across northwest India, 50mm to 150mm of rainfall is likely in a single spell too.
The IMD declared the onset of the southwest monsoon on June 29 — two days after its normal date. So far this month, only 5.9mm has been logged. Normally, Delhi sees 209.7mm in July. Last year, 203.7mm was recorded in July.
The city's base station at Safdarjung recorded 35 degrees Celsius, two degrees below normal. The IMD expects the maximum temperature to hover around 32-34 degrees Celsius on Monday. The minimum temperature is expected to hover around 25-27 degrees Celsius.
Delhi is in the middle of its cleanest spell of air this year. The average air quality index (AQI) was 75 on Sunday.
(With TOI inputs)
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