City gets heaviest rain in 4 yrs but it’s not monsoon yet
Delhi gets 26.4 mm rain in 24 hours, 81.8 mm since June 1, Met says more to come
NEWDELHI:Delhi received 26.4 mm rain, the highest on a single day in June since 2013, in the last 24 hours. Met officials have predicted more rainy days ahead this week.
“The city received 26.4 mm of rain in the past 24 hours (from 8.30 am on Monday to 8.30 am on Tuesday). The last time it rained so heavily was on June 19, 2013. It rained 58.5 mm,” said a senior official of the regional weather forecasting department.
Since June 1 this year, the city has received about 81.8 mm rain. This is also the highest so far in June since 2013. In June 2013, the city received around 119.5 mm rain.
“With more rain expected over the next two days, we hope that it would break the record of 2013,” said an official.
The highest rainfall that Delhi has ever experienced on a single day in the month of June was in 1936. The city received about 235 mm of rain on June 28, 1936. Usually the city receives about 82 mm rain in June.
“So it can be said that the Junequota for the rainfall has almost been met,” said an official.
Rains triggered by a western disturbance lashed Delhi since the wee hours of Monday, which helped bring down the mercury level. After a brief gap in the evening, heavy rain lashed the city again on Monday night.
While the maximum temperature fell to 32.2° Celsius, which was about six degrees below the climatic normal (an average of 30 decades of temperature), the minimum temperature stood at 23.2° Celsius, which was at least five degrees below normal.
“A couple of western disturbances are expected to hit the north western states over the next few days. These systems are likely to trigger more rain at least till Thursday,” said a senior official of the regional weather forecasting centre.
Though met experts at the national weather forecasting centre are yet to confirm whether the monsoon would keep its date with Delhi, they are hopeful the western disturbances and the cyclonic circulation would induce favourable conditions to drag the monsoon winds closer to Delhi.
Sometimes the monsoon current is strong enough and advances on its own. But at times it needs some push to advance over the Indian landmass.