Some areas recorded very light rain on Sunday. Najafgarh received a 19 mm liberal rainfall.
The Met Office issued a yellow alert for moderate rain on Sunday. However, such weather activity was not recorded across the city till late evening. A uniform yellow warning was issued for Monday as well, and IMD is expected to rain more as the monsoon trough is now over Delhi.
The IMD said that the monsoon trough was directly more than Delhi on Sunday and was passing over the Bay of Suratgarh, Sirsa, Delhi, Lucknow, Varanasi, Pantongganj, Bankura, Digha and Bengal. “There is a possibility of light to moderate rain on Monday as well. A yellow alert has been issued. We can expect some rain activity overnight,” said an IMD official.
Vedarman Navdeep Dahiya said on X: “We will see the monsoon situation active in Punjab, Haryana, Delhi, UP, MP, North Rajasthan and Chandigarh this week.” There was a possibility of affecting many cities including Delhi overnight and morning rain, heavy mantra, including Delhi. “Afternoon and evening rains will be scattered (hit or miss) …” Post said, at some places in North Western India, the possibility of rainfall of 50 mm to 150 mm is likely to be in the same magic.
IMD announced the onset of South -West monsoon on 29 June – two days after its normal date. In this month, only 5.9 mm is logged in. Generally, Delhi sees 209.7 mm in July. Last year, 203.7 mm was recorded in July. The city’s base station in Safdarjung is 35 ° C, less than two degrees. IMD hopes that the maximum temperature will be around 32–34 ° C on Monday. The minimum temperature is expected to hop around 25–27 ° C. The average air quality index (AQI) on Sunday was 75.
(With toi input)
