New Delhi: Parts of the nationwide capital and NCR on Wednesday (March 1) woke as much as gentle rainfall and thunderstorms with the India Meteorological Department (IMD) predicting extra showers in the course of the day. The rainfall in Delhi, Noida and Ghaziabad got here amid an uncommon rise in temperatures in some locations of the nation. Earlier within the day, IMD had predicted gentle to average depth rain in areas of Delhi and the National Capital Region for just a few hours.
“Light to moderate intensity rain and gusty winds with speed of 30-50 Km/h would occur over and adjoining areas of most places of Delhi, NCR ( Loni Dehat, Hindon AF Station, Bahadurgarh, Ghaziabad, Indirapuram, Chhapraula, Noida, Dadri, Greater Noida, Gurugram, Faridabad, Ballabhgarh) Panipat, Gohana, Gannaur, Sonipat, Rohtak (Haryana) Muzaffarnagar, Bijnaur, Khatauli, Sakoti Tanda, Hastinapur, Chandpur, Baraut, Daurala, Bagpat, Meerut, Khekra, Modinagar, Kithor, Garhmukteshwar, Pilakhua, Hapur, Gulaoti, Siyana, Sikandrabad, Bulandshahar (U.P.) during next 2 hours,” the IMD mentioned in a tweet at 06:20 AM.
Gurugram, Faridabad, Ballabhgarh) Panipat, Gohana, Gannaur, Sonipat, Rohtak (Haryana) Muzaffarnagar, Bijnaur, Khatauli, Sakoti Tanda, Hastinapur, Chandpur, Baraut, Daurala, Bagpat, Meerut, Khekra, Modinagar, Kithor, Garhmukteshwar, Pilakhua, Hapur, Gulaoti, Siyana,
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Earlier on Tuesday, the IMD mentioned that the common most temperature in Delhi for the month of February this yr has been pegged at 27.7 levels Celsius, the third highest within the final 63 years. According to information shared by officers, town registered a excessive of 32.1 levels Celsius on Tuesday, on the Safdarjung observatory, the nationwide capital’s major climate station. It was seven notches above regular.
The metropolis had registered a median most temperature of 27.9 levels Celsius in February at Safdarjung station in 1960. The corresponding determine in 2006 stood at 29.7 levels Celsius and the studying for the yr 2023 stands at 27.7 levels Celsius, as per the information shared.
“Thunderstorms with light to moderate intensity rain would occur over and adjoining areas of isolated places of North-West Delhi, South-West Delhi (Mundaka, Jafarpur, Nazafgarh), NCR (Bahadurgarh) Charkhi Dadri, Mattanhail, Jhajjar (Haryana) and in the adjoining areas of a few places of Delhi, NCR (Hindon Air Force Station, Ghaziabad, Indirapuram) Karnal,” the IMD had mentioned.
The common most temperature in Delhi for the month of February this yr has been pegged at 27.7 levels Celsius, the third highest within the final 63 years, in accordance with information shared by officers on Tuesday. The metropolis registered a excessive of 32.1 levels Celsius on Tuesday, on the Safdarjung observatory, the nationwide capital’s major climate station. It was seven notches above regular.
According to information shared by officers, town had registered a median most temperature of 27.9 levels Celsius in February at Safdarjung station in 1960. The corresponding determine in 2006 stood at 29.7 levels Celsius and the studying for the yr 2023 stands at 27.7 levels Celsius, as per the information shared.
The nationwide capital has seen just a few spells of sizzling climate this February. Delhi on February 20 had recorded the third hottest February day since 1969 with the utmost temperature on the Safdarjung observatory hovering to 33.6 levels Celsius. The studying on Monday was 9 notches above regular.
On Tuesday night, the relative humidity was recorded at 42 per cent, in accordance with the IMD information. Delhi’s air high quality stood within the ‘poor’ class because the air high quality index (AQI) learn 222 at 7 pm. An AQI between zero and 50 is taken into account ‘good’, 51 and 100 ‘passable’, 101 and 200 ‘average’, 201 and 300 ‘poor’, 301 and 400 ‘very poor’, and 401 and 500 ‘extreme’.
(With Agency Inputs)
