Dry weather pushed the mercury slightly up in the city on Sunday and a fresh spell of rains is likely next week, the weatherman said. The Safdarjung Observatory, which provides representative data for the city, recorded a maximum of 37 degrees Celsius, three notches more than normal.
Humidity levels ranged between 52 and 86 per cent. The national capital has recorded 74 per cent less rainfall in September so far, according to India Meteorological Department data. The Safdarjung Observatory has recorded just 20.9 mm rainfall against the normal of 80.3 mm this month so far, while the Lodhi road weather station has gauged only 18.5 mm precipitation against the normal of 80.3 mm – a deficiency of 77 per cent.
The Palam weather station has recorded 30.3 mm rainfall against the 50-year average of 80.9 mm, according to the IMD data. Delhi received 237 mm rainfall in August this year, the highest for the month in seven years.
Overall, the city has recorded 576.5 mm rainfall against the usual of 596.4 mm since June 1, when the monsoon season starts. The IMD has also said that monsoon is likely to stay longer in Delhi and start withdrawing only in the “initial days of October”.
The wind system had reached Delhi on June 25, two days earlier than normal.
Southern states such as Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu and Kerala witnessed heavy to very heavy rainfall, while isolated places in Uttar Pradesh reported light to moderate showers on Sunday. According to IMD, a low-pressure area lies over the westcentral Bay of Bengal off the north Andhra Pradesh coast. It is likely to move west-northwestwards towards central India across Telangana
during the next two-three days.
Under the influence of the low-pressure area, widespread rainfall with isolated heavy to very heavy showers occurred over coastal Andhra Pradesh in the last 24 hours, it said. The MeT department has forecast a fairly widespread rainfall over coastal Andhra Pradesh and Telangana on Monday, over Vidarbha on Tuesday and over Marathwada on Wednesday. Other southern states such as Karnataka, Kerala and Tamil Nadu also witnessed heavy to very heavy showers.
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