Delhi woke up to a second consecutive day of rain on Saturday, with the capital recording 804.7 mm of rainfall so far this year — already above its annual long-period average of 774.4 mm, with nearly four months still left in the year.
From January 1 this year to 8:30 am on Saturday, the city recorded 804.7 mm of rain, as compared to the Indian Meteorological Department’s yearly long-period average of 774.4 mm. The city had crossed the mark by 5:30 pm on Friday itself, recording 32.6 mm of rain, bringing the city’s total rainfall to 800 mm. The IMD categorizes rainfall up to 15.5 mm as light, between 15.6 mm and 64.4 mm as moderate, between 64.5 mm and 115.5 mm as heavy, and between 115.6 mm and 204.4 mm as very heavy.
The rainfall recorded at the IMD’s weather station in Safdarjung in a month is taken as the city’s total rainfall for that month, as the station is considered representative of the city’s weather.
The city’s air has also remained clean due to the weather, with the Air Quality Index being recorded at 58 at 11:05 am, in the “satisfactory” category.
Due to the rain, today’s maximum temperature is expected to be between 29°C and 31°C, as compared to the IMD’s normal maximum temperature for September 3 to 7 of 34.1°C.
