Light Rain Likely Over Next 2 Days
On Monday morning, parts of central and south Delhi recorded light to moderate rain until 8:30am.
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However, later in the day, the weather became sunny and humid, with very light rain and drizzling in parts of the city.
Between Sunday night and Monday morning, Najafgarh recorded heavy rain, logging 95mm. Met officials said the monsoon trough is likely to persist close to the capital in the coming days, and light to moderate showers are forecast for both Tuesday and Wednesday.
The IMD expects overnight rain for Tuesday as well and has issued a yellow alert.
While no colour-coded alerts are in place for Wednesday, light to moderate rain may occur, it said.
Safdarjung, Delhi's base station, recorded 11.8mm of rainfall in the 24 hours until 8:30am on Monday. Lodhi Road recorded 13.5mm in the same period, the ridge in north Delhi 4.3mm, Pragati Maidan 4.3mm, Pusa 5mm, Narela 0.5mm, and Janakpuri 14mm. The IMD said Palam got 20.8mm and Ayanagar 10mm, respectively.
Meanwhile, between 8.30am and 5.30pm, Safdarjung added 0.5mm in rainfall, Palam 0.4mm, Lodhi Road 0.7mm, Ridge 0.6mm, Najafgarh 0.5mm, Rajghat 0.1mm, and Ayanagar 0.4mm.
"Till Wednesday, we can see moderate spells of rain. After that, rain intensity will reduce, but scattered light rain will still be seen till the weekend," an IMD official said.
The IMD classifies rainfall as 'light' when it is up to 15.5mm, as 'moderate' when it is between 15.6 to 64.4mm, and as 'heavy' when it is over 64.4mm in a 24-hour window. On Monday, the maximum temperature at base station Safdarjung was recorded at 35 degrees Celsius, two notches below normal, the same as a day earlier.
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The maximum on Tuesday is likely to hover between 33-35 degrees Celsius.
Mahesh Palawat, vice-president, climate change and meteorology, Skymet, said patchy moderate rain is likely between July 8 and 10. "We will particularly see spells early in the morning or late in the evening," he said. While the monsoon trough was directly over Delhi on Sunday night, on Monday, it moved north of Delhi. The trough was passing through Sri Ganganagar, Sirsa, Meerut, Varanasi, Daltonganj, and Purulia till the Bay of Bengal.
On Monday, the city felt a humidity that was between 57% and 100%.
Parts of the city saw waterlogging in the morning. The places were Mehrauli Badarpur Road and Rohtak Road. "Traffic is affected on Rohtak Road in both the carriageways from Nangloi towards Mundka and vice versa due to waterlogging, potholes, and road/sewer repairing work by PWD…" Delhi traffic police said on X.
The IMD declared the onset of the southwest monsoon on June 29. In the 24 hours from the onset, 14mm was logged at Safdarjung. Normally, Delhi sees 209.7mm in July.
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