NEW DELHI: Delhi has received above average rain in the monsoons just 3 occasions in the previous 11 decades, based on data in 2010 until 2020.
This season, also Delhi may have a slightly below normal rainy day.
While the standard mark for your June-September interval is 648.9mm of rainfall, the town obtained 576.6mm this past year and just 404.3millimeters at 2019.
Even though the India Meteorological Department announced the Beginning of the southwest monsoon over Kerala on Thursday, Kuldeep Srivastava, scientist in IMD and mind to the Regional Weather Forecasting Centre at Delhi, said it was too premature to predict if the monsoons would struck Delhi.
The standard date for the beginning of the rainy year in Delhi is June 27.
This past year, the monsoon came two days on June 25.
June 29 had been the normal monsoon beginning date for Delhi, however that was revised annually on June 27.
“So far, the prediction shows monsoon in Delhi might be slightly below normal to normal, however we’ll find out how that evolves,” said Srivastava.
“We are going to have the ability to predict more accurately as soon as the monsoon could strike Delhi-NCR this season following the winds begin moving towards the west.
Right now, it’s too premature to say anything concerning the situation.” At the years between 2010 and 2020, Delhi captured the greatest seasonal rain in 2010, 1031.5mm of rainfall poured across town.
The lowest during that time was 370.8millimeters in 2014.
Normally, Delhi receives just around 65.5mm rainfall in June, mainly due to pre-monsoon showers.
Back in July, the standard average for precipitation is 210.6mm and also in August,” 247.7mm.
IMD recently updated India’s rain forecast for this season to 101 percent of the Long Period Average, that will be 880mm (1961- 2010).
However on Thursday, IMD announced the start of the monsoon over Kerala and stated it was supposed to progress to more regions in southern India within the next two days.
‘Above normal’ monsoon at Delhi only thrice since 2010
