IMD Forecasts Cloudy Skies With Light Rain on Friday After Maximum Temperature Dips To 4-Year Low For August

According to IMD parameters, rainfall between 2.5 and 15.5 mm is considered ‘light’, 15.6 mm-64.4 mm ‘moderate’, 64.5-115.5 mm ‘heavy’, 115.6-204.4 mm ‘very heavy’ and more than 204.5 mm ‘extremely heavy’.

New Delhi: Delhi had a surprisingly cool day yesterday given that it’s August. The mercury rose only up to 28.8°C, quite a dip by six degrees from the usual temperature expected this time of year. Heavy rains ushered in this chill, making it the coolest August day we’ve seen in the past four years. To give you a comparison, just the day before experienced a much warmer 34 degrees Celsius.

The observatory at Safdarjung, Delhi’s primary weather station, recorded 77.1 mm rainfall in the 24 ended at 8:30 AM. The weather station at Lodhi Road recorded 92.2 mm rainfall while Ridge registered 18.2 mm, Palam 54.5 mm and Ayanagar 62.4 mm during the same period, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) said.

According to IMD parameters, rainfall between 2.5 and 15.5 mm is considered ‘light’, 15.6 mm-64.4 mm ‘moderate’, 64.5-115.5 mm ‘heavy’, 115.6-204.4 mm ‘very heavy’ and more than 204.5 mm ‘extremely heavy’.

Delhi in August so far recorded 378.5 mm rainfall — the city’s highest in 12 years. Public works department officials said they received 60 complaints regarding waterlogging. Work to remove the water was still underway in the Najafgarh and Mundka areas. The department also received around 10 complaints regarding trees being uprooted.

Municipal Corporation of Delhi Receives 16 Waterlogging Calls

The Municipal Corporation of Delhi received 16 calls regarding waterlogging and 10 about uprooted trees. The minimum temperature was recorded at 23 degrees Celsius, three notches below the season’s average. The humidity level oscillated between 97 per cent and 100 per cent.

The IMD has forecast generally cloudy skies with light rain from Friday. The maximum and minimum temperatures are likely to settle around 34 and 24 degrees Celsius, respectively.

At 4 PM, the 24-hour Air Quality Index (AQI) in the national capital was recorded in the ‘satisfactory’ category with a reading of 60, according to the Central Pollution Control Board. An AQI between zero and 50 is considered ‘good’, 51 and 100 ‘satisfactory’, 101 and 200 ‘moderate’, 201 and 300 ‘poor’, 301 and 400 ‘very poor’, and 401 and 500 ‘severe’.

(With inputs from agencies)