City surpasses June's Rainfall Quota By 18%
New Delhi: Delhi has surpassed the normal rainfall for the entire month of June by 18% and more is expected.
After the capital got 29mm rainfall in the last 24 hours till 8.30am on Wednesday, the city had logged 87.8mm in June so far, compared to the monthly average of 74.1 mm.
The monthly total rainfall is likely to rise with more rain expected this week and the monsoon expected next week. The city did not receive rain from 8.30am to 5.30pm, but the Met department has forecast rain, thunderstorms and gusty winds for the next seven days.
The normal date for the onset of the southwest monsoon over Delhi is June 27. It arrived in Delhi on June 28 last year. Delhiites saw a day of "extremely heavy rain" with Safdarjung, the city's base station, logging 228.1mm in a day.
The monsoon may reach the city by next week.
The India Meteorological Department on Wednesday said the southwest monsoon has further advanced over some more parts of the north Arabian Sea, the remaining parts of Gujarat, some parts of Rajasthan, some more parts of Madhya Pradesh, some parts of east Uttar Pradesh, and the remaining parts of Chhattisgarh and Jharkhand, and some more parts of Bihar.
"Conditions are favourable for further advance of the southwest monsoon over the remaining parts of the north Arabian Sea, some more parts of Rajasthan, the remaining parts of Madhya Pradesh, some more parts of Uttar Pradesh, and the remaining parts of Bihar, some parts of Uttarakhand, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu-Kashmir-Ladakh-Gilgit-Baltistan-Muzaffarabad during the next 2-3 days," IMD said in a statement.
IMD has issued a 'yellow' alert for light to moderate rain, thunderstorms and lightning with gusty winds (speed 40-50kmph) temporarily reaching 60kmph during thunderstorms towards evening or night on Wednesday and Thursday. A yellow alert for rain, thunderstorms and gusty winds is also in place for June 21 and 22.
"Heatwave conditions are unlikely over the next seven days," an IMD official said.
The maximum temperature was recorded at 34.2 degrees Celsius, five notches below normal. The minimum settled at 24.2 degrees Celsius, three degrees below normal. The relative humidity was between 65% and 100%.
Delhi logged 243.4mm of rainfall in June 2024, 101.7mm in June 2023, and just 24.5mm of rainfall in June 2022.
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