A car strikes on a closely waterlogged highway service highway of Delhi- Gurugram Expressway after heavy rains on Wednesday
A record 119. 3 mm rainfall pounded Delhi underneath the influence of cyclonic storm Tauktae and a western disturbance in 24 hours ending 8:30 am on Thursday, breaking all of the earlier records for May, the IMD stated on Thursday. This was double the earlier record rainfall of 60 mm on May 24 in 1976.
The metropolis had additionally recorded a most temperature of 23. 8 levels Celsius on Wednesday, 16 notches under regular and the bottom in the month of May since 1951, it stated. “A record 119.3 mm rain fell in Delhi between 8:30 am on Wednesday and 8:30 am on Thursday, which is a new record for May,” an Kuldeep Srivastava, the pinnacle of India Meteorological Department’s regional forecasting Centre stated.
The Lodhi highway climate station recorded 124. 4 mm rainfall in the course of the interval. Palam, Ayanagar, Najafgarh and SPS Mayur Vihar gauged 64 mm, 98 mm, 92. 5 mm and 95. 5 mm rainfall. Rainfall recorded under 15 mm is taken into account mild, between 15 and 64. 5 mm is average, between 64. 5 mm and 115. 5 mm is heavy, between 115. 6 and 204. 4 could be very heavy.
Anything above 204. 4 mm is taken into account extraordinarily heavy rainfall. The rainfall in Delhi, Uttar Pradesh, northern Rajasthan, Himachal Pradesh and Uttarakhand on Wednesday was a results of interplay between the remnant of cyclonic storm Tauktae and a western disturbance, the IMD stated.
R Ok Jenamani, senior scientist, nationwide climate forecasting centre, stated, “May remains generally dry. Normally, Delhi gets maximum of 30 mm or 40 mm (24-hour rainfall) in this month. The rain lasts only an hour or less. But this is completely different system coming from Arabian Sea and meeting with a western disturbance. Because the feature is rarest, so this much rain is not a surprise. ” The IMD stated “rainfall activity is very likely to decrease” on Thursday and “scattered to fairly widespread” rainfall is forecast in the capital.
The incessant rains introduced the utmost temperature all the way down to 23. 8 levels Celsius at Safdarjung on Wednesday. The minimal temperature on Thursday settled at 19. 3 levels Celsius, seven notches under regular. “Safdarjung recorded a maximum temperature of 23. 8 degrees Celsius on Wednesday. This is the lowest maximum temperature since 1951,” Srivastava stated.
In between, a low of 24. 8 levels Celsius was recorded on May 13 1982, he stated. According to the IMD, Delhi’s most temperature on Wednesday was lower than that of Srinagar (25. 8 levels Celsius) and Dharamshala (27. 2 levels Celsius) up in the north.
