Showers in Delhi bring some respite but rain deficit still glaring at 54%

After a sweltering Saturday with maximum rising 3⁰C above normal at 37.5⁰C, Delhiites woke up to a cloudy and rainy Sunday morning. Though only few places received light rain but it brought some relief to the residents of the city who had been largely discomforted by the high humidity levels since the past few days.

The western arm of the Monsoon trough is moving northwards and tomorrow intensity of rain is likely to increase. The system will bring rain to entire North India, Indo Gangetic plains, Rajasthan and parts of East India.

Earlier Skymet had highlighted that Delhi has almost been dry this Monsoon season with 40% of rain deficit being observed in June. The month of July looks even worse as the deficit over the sub-division of Delhi and Haryana stands at 54% and there has been only two days of significant rain in the city.

So far Delhi has observed 101 mm of rain against the monthly average of 214 mm. 57 mm and 26 mm of rain on the 17^th and 13^th of July, respectively, has immensely contributed to this number. Rest of the days have largely been dry, with very light or no rain.

And with only over a week left for the month to end, this deficit does not look to narrow down greatly though the city will receive some rain during next 2 to 4 days.

According to latest weather update by Skymet Meteorology Division in India, we expect Delhi to observe some good rain during August and September however, the deficit may still persist.