A slow Monsoon progress delayed the arrival of Southwest Monsoon in Delhi and North India, making the month of June one of the driest in a decade in the country. But July has some good news in store, according to the latest weather update by Skymet Meteorology Division in India, Monsoon is expected to reach Delhi, Punjab, Haryana and west Uttar Pradesh by the end of this week.
Lack of winds and high humidity of over 80% led to moisture accumulation, bringing a spell of moderate showers in many pockets of Delhi around 10 pm on Sunday night.
Delhiites woke up to a cloudy morning on Monday too. Rain helped in pulling down the morning temperature on Monday by about five degrees. A minimum of 25.2⁰C was recorded as opposed to 30⁰C on Sunday morning. Rainfall in Delhi from 10 pm on Sunday to 8:00 am on Monday was recorded to be 5 mm at the Safdarjung Observatory and 1 mm at the Palam station.
As for today and tomorrow, weathermen tell us that the weather in Delhi and northern plains will continue to be partly cloudy to cloudy with frequent spells of rain early in the morning and late evening.
Maximum temperature may not drop much and settle between 38⁰C and 39⁰C, while minimum on Tuesday may sustain around 25⁰C.
Other than Delhi, rain was also recorded in many parts of Punjab on Monday morning. Amritsar and Patiala in the state recorded 8 mm and 9 mm of rain respectively.
“We explained on Sunday that a trough extending along the foothills of Himalayas is leading to this rainy weather. It is due to the same reason that places like Bareilly (17 mm), Gorakhpur (11 mm), Patna (5mm) and Gaya (19 mm) also received good showers in the last 12 hours”, says meteorologist Mahesh Palawat.
“Delhi, Punjab, Haryana, parts of Uttar Pradesh and Bihar may continue to get rain during 24 hours. Rain in Delhi and Punjab could pick up from 5th July, which is when we are expecting Monsoon to make an entry”, said AVM (Retd) G.P Sharma.
