Rain brings relief from heat, yellow alert for weekend
India Meteorological Department
issuing a yellow alert for light to moderate rain during the weekend.
The city saw uneven rainfall. Safdarjung, which is the city's base station, recorded no precipitation from 8.30 am to 5.30 pm. However, Pusa reported 21 mm, Janakpuri logged 15.5 mm, Najafgarh 8 mm, Palam 5.2 mm, Ridge 4.4 mm, and Ayanagar 2.8 mm of rainfall during the same period. Mayur Vihar and Mungeshpur in north-west Delhi received 0.5 mm of rainfall each, and Rajghat logged just 0.2 mm of rainfall during the same period.
"As the monsoon trough shifted closer to Delhi, several areas of the city received rain. Light to moderate showers are likely from Saturday to Monday, while there are chances of very light to light rain from July 8 to 10," said a Met official.
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As sultry weather conditions caused discomfort to Delhiites on Thursday, rain in most parts of the city reduced the heat index or 'feels-like' temperature. The heat index at 5.30 pm was 43.4 degrees Celsius on Friday, compared to 48.2 degrees Celsius a day earlier at the same time.
The maximum temperature on Friday settled at 36.2 degrees Celsius, one degree below normal. The relative humidity oscillated between 59% and 87%. The minimum temperature was 28.4 degrees Celsius. "As rain is likely to continue during the weekend, the maximum temperature may dip to 32 degrees Celsius by Monday," said the official.
Delhi's air quality remained in the satisfactory category for the ninth consecutive day. Commenting on the improved air quality, Delhi environment minister Manjinder Singh Sirsa said the consistent improvement was being driven by a multi-tiered ground-level strategy — from legacy waste bio-mining, road dust mitigation, and vehicular enforcement to public participation and awareness.
According to the data, 28,660 MT of legacy waste was cleared from three landfill sites on July 3 and 4. A combined total of 24,108 MT of inert waste, 1,814 MT of C&D waste, and 2,737 MT of RDF was processed from these sites.
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