The India Meteorological Department (IMD) on Saturday said that the southwest monsoon has receded from Delhi, with the city receiving above normal rains during the season. The national capital recorded 542.2 mm rainfall as against the normal of 544.3 mm during the monsoon this year.
According to IMD data, the Safdarjung Observatory, the primary weather station of Delhi, received 660.8 mm of precipitation against a normal of 653.6 mm during the monsoon season (June to September). IMD data shows West Delhi recorded 417.7 mm rainfall as against the normal of 439.8 mm; Central Delhi 937.6 mm as against the normal of 666.6 mm; East Delhi 778.8 mm as against the normal of 666.8 mm; New Delhi 587.9 mm as against the normal of 640.4 mm; North Delhi 624.3 mm as against the normal of 560.1 mm; North East Delhi 341 mm as against the normal of 666.6 mm; North West Delhi 456.2 mm as against the normal of 402.6 mm; South Delhi 663.8 mm as against the normal of 666 mm and South West Delhi 557.3 mm as against the normal of 549 mm.
Normally, the monsoon begins in the national capital by June 27 and recedes by September 25. This year, the rain-bearing system embraced the city on June 25.
"The southwest monsoon has further withdrawn from some parts of Jammu and Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh and Uttarakhand; entire Punjab and Haryana-Chandigarh-Delhi; some parts of west Uttar Pradesh, west Madhya Pradesh and east Rajasthan and some more parts of west Rajasthan today," the IMD said in a statement.