New Delhi: Sharp Shower on Saturday night took Delhi’s calculation in the month past 80mm, making it in January in the capital in the record back to 1950.
Safdarjung Station, which has recorded 69.8mm this month until Saturday night 18.7mm rain 1 between o’clock 8.30pm and 11:30, take the cumulative calculation to 88.5mm.
The previous January before, since 1950, has seen 79.7mm rainfall in 1989.
With more rain estimates for Sundays, and nine more days to leave that month, the rain in January this year is expected to be the highest since the right .
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“Previously, January arranged since 1950 was recorded in 1989 while January 1953 had seen 73.7mm rain,” said RK Jenamani, a senior scientist at the comm.
The daytime temperature was dipped sharply on Saturday because Delhi had light rain during the morning.
The minimum temperature, however, jumped with four degrees compared to Friday due to clouds.
According to the Department of Weather, this city can witness light rain on Sundays also because of Western disturbances.
The maximum temperature on Saturday was recorded at 14.7 degrees Celsius, seven notches below the season average.
On Friday, it was 19.6 degrees Celsius.
The minimum temperature on Saturday was recorded at 11.5 degrees Celsius, four degrees below the average season.
The day before, Mercury had touched a minimum of 7.6 degrees Celsius.
The city also records south south winds in the afternoon.
According to IMD, Sundays can see the maximum and minimum temperature of 16 and 10 degrees Celsius.
“There is a little chances of cold days on Sundays, with a minimum temperature likely to drop below 10 degrees.
But if it happens, only for one day, because the maximum temperature will rise slightly from January 24 and so on after raining the activity subsides.
However, from Monday, the minimum temperature will drop 3 to 4 degrees for the next three to four days, “said Mahesh Palawat, Vice President, Skymet.
He added that Western interference actively caused rain in the capital.
Delhi recorded 4.9 mm rainfall in Safdarjung, the City Basana Weather station, until Saturday night.
It takes the total January rainfall of up to 68.5 mm this year, which is the highest in the month since 1995.
“The weather can clear up on Monday,” Palawat added.
Meanwhile, air quality in the city improved in the ‘very poor’ category due to light rain.
The air quality index on Saturday, on a scale of 0 to 500, is 316 of 365 the day before.
Delhi experienced January arranged since 1950
