Delhi gets more rains as monsoon withdraws

Intermittent rains continued in Delhi for the second consecutive day on Sunday cleaning up the city’s air and bringing down the maximum temperature below normal

Intermittent rains continued in Delhi for the second consecutive day on Sunday cleaning up the city’s air and bringing down the maximum temperature below normal. Scientists of the India Meteorological Department said rains are likely to continue on Monday.

A view of waterlogged street at Delhi-Gurugram expressway service lane near CNG filling station after heavy rain, at Sector31, in Gurugram, India, on Sunday (HT Photo)

“We are expecting light to moderate rainfall even on Monday. The sky is expected to clear up from Tuesday onwards,” said BP Yadav, deputy director general of Indian Meteorological Department (IMD).

Officials said this will be the last spell of rain for this year’s monsoon over northwest India, including Delhi. Once the rain ceases, IMD scientists would look for withdrawal symptoms of the monsoon. The symptoms include no rainfall activity over a period of at least five days, dry air and changing wind patterns.

Delhi started receiving light to moderate rains since Saturday. Between 8:30 am on Saturday and 8:30 am on Sunday, the IMD’s Safdarjung observatory, which is taken to be a representative of Delhi’s weather, received around 2.4 mm of rain. Another 0.5 mm of rain was recorded between 8:30 am and 5:30 pm on Sunday.