Delhi-NCR received heavy rains from morning to night on friday (27 December). The highest rainfall in december in the last 15 years was recorded. noida also received heavy rains in the early hours of Saturday. The Meteorological Department said that the rain started around 2.30 am on thursday (26 December), which is still continuing. Due to the rain, waterlogging and traffic jams occurred in many areas of the city. The Central Control Room of delhi Municipal Corporation received a total of 13 complaints, out of which nine were about waterlogging and four about falling trees.
10 degree drop in maximum temperature
The direct effect of the rain was that the maximum temperature fell sharply to 14.6 degrees Celsius. This is about 10 degrees less than Thursday. Due to the rain, the temperature dropped to 9.5 degrees Celsius, which was the lowest maximum temperature in the last five years. According to IMD data, the maximum temperature on thursday was recorded at 24.1 degrees Celsius. The Meteorological Department has issued a yellow alert for saturday in Delhi. On december 28, the sky will be cloudy and it may rain intermittently. Light rain is expected from morning to afternoon. The minimum temperature on saturday is forecast to be 12 degrees Celsius and the maximum temperature is 16 degrees Celsius.
Highest rainfall in delhi University area
According to the data of the india Meteorological Department (IMD), 9.1 mm of rain was recorded in delhi in the last 24 hours till 8.30 am on Friday. The observatory located at Safdarjung, Delhi's primary weather center, recorded an additional 30.2 mm of rainfall between 8.30 am and 5.30 pm on Friday. According to the data from 2009 to 2024 available on the Meteorological Department's website, a total of 42.8 mm of rain has occurred in december, which is the highest rainfall for this month in the last 15 years. The highest ever rainfall in december was recorded in 1884, when the national capital received 134.4 mm of rain. By 5:30 pm on friday, Palam Observatory recorded 31.4 mm, Lodhi Road 34.2 mm, Ridge 33.4 mm, delhi University 39 mm and Pusa 35 mm.
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