378.5 mm of rainfall registered till Thursday…
According to the India Meteorological Department, Delhi in August received 378.5 mm of rainfall which is the city's highest in 12 years.
Till Thursday, the Safdarjung Observatory registered 378.5 mm of rainfall, surpassing the previous high of 321.4 mm recorded in August 2013, the IMD said.
IMD data shows that in the last 15 years, the highest precipitation was recorded in 2010 when the city received 455.1 mm of rainfall.
The second-highest was in 2012, with 378.8 mm, followed by 321.4 mm in 2013. This third-highest mark was surpassed on August 29, 2023.
According to the IMD data, the August rainfall in Delhi stands at 583.3 mm in 1961.
After the early morning rain on Thursday, the Safdarjung Observatory, the city's basic weather station, recorded 77 mm of rainfall bringing the total rainfall for the monsoon season to 825.5 mm.
This figure has already exceeded Delhi's yearly average rainfall of 762.3 mm.
According to Mahesh Palawat of Skymet Weather Services, Delhi's annual average rainfall is 762.3 mm and the city has already received 825.5 mm.
The MeT department has issued a "yellow" alert for Delhi for Thursday.
It denotes bad weather and the possibility of worse conditions that could disrupt daily life, according to the IMD's warnings according to colors.
Edited By: Tanvi Walia
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