The national Capital received intermittent rain on Thursday under a cloudy sky, with similar weather expected to continue over the weekend. The city has recorded a total of 14 rainy days this month.
No warning or alert has been issued, so far, even though nearly 50 complaints related to waterlogging and tree falling have been reported to agencies. Delhi witnessed intermittent rainfall throughout Wednesday night, with more light to moderate showers expected later in the evening, according to the India Meteorological Department (IMD). Between 8.30 am and 5.30 pm on Thursday, the city’s primary weather station at Safdarjung recorded 16.6 mm of rainfall.
Other weather stations reported significantly higher figures, with Palam recording 79 mm, Aya Nagar 51.1 mm, Ridge 34.4 mm and Lodhi Road 9.3 mm, IMD data showed. Rainfall was also reported across several parts of the city overnight.
In the 24 hours leading up to 6.30 am on Thursday, central Delhi’s Pusa station received 40 mm of rainfall, Sports Complex recorded 38 mm, Safdarjung 34 mm, Najafgarh 23.5 mm, Pragati Maidan 22.1 mm, KV Narayana 20.5 mm, Lodhi Road 18.5 mm, KV Janakpuri 18 mm, and Aya Nagar 13 mm.
The Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) received a total of 29 calls, including 12 related to fallen trees and 17 regarding waterlogging, according to the data. Approximately 20 calls were received at the PWD’s flood control room regarding waterlogging on Thursday, officials said.
These included areas such as Kapashera Red Light, Hamdard Nagar T-Point to Sangam Vihar, Seelampur Flyover and others.
Following cloudy skies and showers, Delhi recorded a maximum temperature of 29.9 degrees Celsius, which is 4.5 degrees below normal. The minimum temperature settled at 24.7 degrees Celsius, 1.1 degrees below the seasonal average, according to the IMD. Additionally, Delhi’s monthly rainfall for July has surpassed the average for the month. So far, the city has received over 250 mm of rainfall, exceeding the normal mark of 209.7 mm, according to the IMD.
According to the Commission for Air Quality Management (CAQM), the month of July 2025 witnesses the best average AQI (Air Quality Index) in Delhi, since 2018, at 78 i.e. ‘Satisfactory’ category, (even cleaner than the Covid-19 lockdown year 2020).The average AQI for the month of July was 104 in 2018, 134 in 2019, 84 in 2020, 110 in 2021, 87 in 2022, 84 in 2023 and 96 in 2024 respectively.
Moreover, the month of July also witnessed highest number of ‘Satisfactory’ days (AQI 51-100) ie 29 such days as against 16 days in 2018, 12 days in 2019, 25 days in 2020, 20 days in 2021, 25 days in 2022, 26 days in 2023, and 17 days 2024.
The average AQI of Delhi for the period January-July has also witnessed significant improvement over the years, recording an average value of 184 in the current year as against 204 in 2024; 183 in 2023; 209 in 2022; 205 in 2021; 159 in 2020; 215 in 2019; and 217 in 2018.
“This period (January - July) in 2025 did not witness even a single day with average AQI more than 400 (‘Severe’ or ‘Severe+’ categories). There were 06, 07, 02, 06, 01, 03 and 03 such days during the years 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, and 2024 respectively. Moreover, this period also witnessed highest number of ‘Satisfactory’ days i.e. 42 such days at par with the year 2023 (barring 2020 - the year of lockdown due to Covid),” the CAQM said in a statement.
According to CAQM, the period from January-July (upto 29th July) has seen the lowest levels of PM2.5 concentration in Delhi compared to the corresponding period since 2018 (barring 2020 - the year of lockdown due to Covid); Delhi witnessed PM2.5 running average of 79 µg/m3 in the current year as against 94 in 2024, 83 in 2023, 93 in 2022, 97 in 2021,73 in 2020, 99 in 2019 and 103 in 2018 respectively.
“Likewise, the period January - July also witnessed the lowest levels of PM10 concentration in Delhi compared to the corresponding period since 2018 (barring 2020 - the year of lockdown due to Covid), recording a running average of 180 µg/m3 in the current year as against 209 in 2024, 184 in 2023, 218 in 2022, 210 in 2021, 147 in 2020, 224 in 2019 and 234 in 2018,” it said.