The national Capital’s overall rain deficiency dropped from 49 per cent to 17 per cent due to heavy rainfall in September. The India Meteorological Department (IMD) data showed that the national Capital received 450.9 mm of rain as against the normal of 540.1 mm between June 1 and September 26, a deficit of 17 per cent. According to IMD data, East Delhi is the only area that has seen a surplus rain at 32 per cent this monsoon .
The IMD data showed that Central Delhi received 606.2 mm rain against the normal of 659.7 mm, a deficit of 8 percent; New Delhi received 508.5 mm rain as against the normal of 635.1 mm , a deficit of 20 per cent; North Delhi received 542 mm rain as against the normal of 554 mm, a deficit of 2 percent; North East Delhi received 301.6 mm as against the normal of 659.7 mm, a deficit of 54 percent; North West Delhi got 322.4 mm rain as against the normal of 398.1, a deficiency of 19 percent; South Delhi got 575.8 mm rain as against the normal of 658.7 mm, deficiency is almost 13 percent and South West Delhi got 485.6 mm rain as against the normal of 549.3 mm, almost 12 percent less this season so far. The East Delhi is exception this monsoon season which received 32 percent excessive rain so far. East Delhi received 868.2 mm rain as against the normal of 659.7 mm.
June saw a deficit of 67 per cent, in July there was surplus rain of 37 per cent and August saw an 82 per cent deficit with only 41 mm of rain recorded against a normal of 233 mm.
The IMD official said that the three consecutive days of rain have not managed to wipe out the city’s monsoon rain deficit. The city saw a massive shortfall in June and August, but July received more rain than normal.
“Now, September has brought more than usual rain, but it has still not managed to make up the shortfall,” he said.
The temperature is also expected to increase in the days to come. The maximum temperature in the national capital on Sunday settled at 31 degrees Celsius, three notches below the season’s average.After three consecutive days of rain, there wasn’t any in the national capital on Sunday morning.
The minimum temperature in the city settled at 22.6 degrees Celsius, a notch below the season’s average, the IMD said.The relative humidity oscillated between 100 per cent and 63 per cent, it said.
In the last 24 hours, the Safdarjung Observatory, Delhi’s primary weather station, received 18.6 mm of rainfall, while the Palam station recorded 23.7 mm of rainfall.Delhi’s air quality index (AQI) was recorded in the ‘satisfactory’ (53) category around 7 pm, Central Pollution Control Board data showed.