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Indore: A spell of light to moderate showers since Monday night brought much-needed relief for Indoreans, offering a cooler and more pleasant day on Tuesday.
The city's maximum temperature dropped significantly to 23.6 degrees Celsius, nearly 5 degrees below normal, while the minimum temperature was close to 23 degrees Celsius, resulting in an unusually narrow temperature gap for the day.
The overcast skies and drizzle persisted throughout the day, disrupting traffic, especially during office hours.
The
India Meteorological Department
recorded 12.7 mm of rainfall on Tuesday till 8:30 pm. Visibility dropped to 1500 metre in the morning and remained around 3000 metre by the evening due to continuous rainfall. With humidity levels peaking at 98% by late afternoon, the dampness remained intense even as temperature stayed low.
Commuters faced waterlogging and slow-moving traffic in areas like Musakhedi, Bengali square, Pipliyahana, and Bicholi Mardana, where intense rain over the weekend already left roads battered.
Residents shared their ordeals: Some complained of knee-deep water near service lanes on the Ring Road, while others cited delayed public transport and difficulty in navigating pothole-filled streets.
Despite the ongoing showers, Indore is still lagging behind in seasonal rainfall. Till Tuesday morning, the city received 275 mm of rainfall, which is about 154 mm short of the normal average for July. Meanwhile, Indore district recorded 275.9 mm of rainfall so far till Tuesday evening, which is around 29.7% below the seasonal average of 392.3 mm for this time of the monsoon.
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As per Met department, low-pressure area over north-west Madhya Pradesh, coupled with an active monsoon trough extending from Rajasthan to the Bay of Bengal, is influencing the region's current weather. Senior meteorologist Dr Divya E Surendran said, the system is likely to persist and isolated heavy rain may continue in the coming days, though a dramatic recovery in the monthly rainfall is unlikely with just two days left in July.
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