Delhi rains: There might finally be some respite from heat and muggy weather in the national capital, as the India Meteorological Department has predicted generally cloudy skies, with a chance of light rain in Delhi today.
The maximum temperature is expected to settle at 40 degrees Celsius, and the minimum temperature at the Safdarjung Observatory, Delhi's primary weather station, was recorded three notches above normal at 29.2 degrees Celsius.
The relative humidity at 8:30 was 69 percent. Safdarjung has recorded just 2.6 mm of rainfall in the last seven days.
Though the monsoon embraced the capital in an impressive manner on June 30, giving the first spell of heavy rainfall this season, scanty precipitation in the subsequent days has led to a gradual rise in maximum temperature.
It has gauged 144.3 mm of rainfall against a normal of 106.5 mm since June 1, when the monsoon season starts. Of this, 117.2 mm came in just 24 hours ending at 8:30 am on July 1.
The city's air quality index (AQI) was in the satisfactory range around 8.05 am, data from the SAFAR showed.
(With PTI Inputs)
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