Incessant rain continued to lash parts of Delhi on Saturday after the city recorded its highest rainfall in a single day in December in 101 years. Delhi recorded 41.2 mm of rain in 24 hours till 8.30 am on Saturday. The highest-ever rainfall recorded for a single day in December came on December 3, 1923, when 75.7 mm of rain was recorded. The adjoining areas of the national capital also received rain on Saturday, bringing the temperature sharply down to 13 degrees Celsius.
Amid the rain, Delhi witnessed some improvement in the air quality, which remained in the ‘moderate’ category, with an Air Quality Index (AQI) of 179. The India Meteorological Department has issued a ‘yellow’ alert for the weekend, predicting “light rain/ thunderstorms”. In December 2024, Delhi logged 42.8 mm, the highest in the last 27 years.
The observatory at Palam registered 31.4 mm of rainfall, 34.2 mm in Lodhi Road, 33.4 mm in Ridge, 39 mm in Delhi University and 35 mm in Pusa till 5.30 pm on Friday.
According to the weather department, the active western disturbance and its interaction with easterly winds were causing light to moderate rainfall and thunderstorms over northwest and central India, including Delhi’s satellite cities of Noida, Gurugram, and Faridabad.
