New Delhi: The southwest monsoon arrived in Delhi NCR with a huge splash, bringing "very heavy" showers to a capital desperate for relief from a killer spell of high heat and humidity. Safdarjung recorded 116.6mm nearly a fifth of the total monsoon rainfall from June to September in just nine hours from 8.30am on Thursday.
Announcing the arrival of the rain-bearing system over the region, the India Meteorological Department said the monsoon's onset was close to its normal date of June 27. The heavens opened up in the morning itself, with 64.8mm recorded at Safdarjung from 8.30am to 11.30am, and 110.2mm by 2.30pm. It was the wettest day of the year so far.
The monsoon lived up to its promise of providing relief from the heat. The maximum temperature plummeted to 29.4 degrees Celsius at Safdarjung, making it the coolest day in the city in nearly four months since March 6, the last time the capital had seen day temperatures below 30 degrees C. This was 11.5 degrees lower than the previous day's maximum of 40.9 degrees C.
This story is from the July 01, 2022 edition of The Times of India.
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