Monsoon rain saga continues over Delhi, as the national capital recorded showers for the third consecutive day on Thursday. However, the last 24 hours saw significant increase in intensity of rains and widespread heavy rainfall was recorded over most parts of the city.
Palam Observatory recorded 33 mm of rain in span of 24 hours from 8:30 am on Thursday, while Safdarjung Observatory recorded 24.7 mm of rain.
As reiterated by Skymet Weather, the ongoing rains can be attributed to the oscillation of the Monsoon trough in the north direction. The trough is now running from Rajasthan up to Bay of Bengal across Delhi.
Moreover, these Monsoon rains are likely to continue for the next three days as well. Weathermen predict that on and off rains of varying intensity will continue on Friday. Thereafter, rains are likely to pick up pace substantially and heavy to very heavy rains are likely over the weekend.
The city has so far recorded 130.7 mm of rain against the monthly average rainfall of 187.3 mm. With some good rains in offing, we expect Delhi to cross this mark with absolute ease.
These rains have also helped the national capital to recover some amount of rain deficiency, which has been highly deficient so far this season. At present, only three out of eight regions are rain surplus, which includes West Delhi (60%), North Delhi (32%) and South Delhi (23%). Rest all are still highly rain deficit, with East Delhi topping the list with 98%.
Following are the rainfall figures recorded across Delhi:
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