Record rain in Delhi this January

A whopping 34mm of rain in Delhi has been recorded since Thursday 8:30 till Friday 2pm. This is a record amount of rain in Delhi in the last 10 years at this time in the year. Ambala, Karnal, Chandigarh Srinagar and Dehradun are some of the other places that received rainfall in extent of 30mm during this period.

 

 

 

Here is a list of places that received record amount of rain from Thursday morning till Friday evening.

Place         Rain (mm)
Delhi           34
Gwalior       10
Lucknow      5
Jaipur            2
Jodhpur       28
Patiala          21
Dehradun     69
Amritsar         8
Srinagar       46
Ambala        30
Bhiwani       12
Chandigarh 28
Hissar           24
Karnal          42

Rain with hail was caused by a rare, strong Western Disturbance, which at present lies over east Jammu & Kashmir. Western Disturbances (low pressure area formed in the Mediterranean Sea and the Atlantic Ocean) are common during the winter in India and January usually receives such weather systems. But, the uniqueness about the present weather system is that it has breached its southern limit this time around and reached up to Rajasthan. The weather system is usually confined to north Haryana and Delhi.

A cyclonic circulation associated with the weather system was hovering over Rajasthan which in tandem with the low pressure area (Western Disturbance) has brought a period of heavy rain and hail storm that hit lives in northern India. Rain in Delhi and other places in the north will reduce, as the weather system will make an exit from Jammu & Kashmir.