Delhi crosses August rainfall average in first eight days

New
Delhi,
Aug
9
(PTI):
The
atio al
capital
has
c ossed
its
ave age
mo thly
ai fall
fo
August
i
just
the
fi st
eight
days
of
the
mo th,
with
the
Safda ju g
Obse vato y
eco di g
230.1
mm
of
ai
so
fa .

Safda ju g,
the
city’s
p ime
obse vato y,
had
eco ded
225.7
mm
of
ai fall
betwee
the
sta t
of
the
mo th
a d
till
8.30
am
o
Satu day,
while
a othe
4.4
mm
was
eco ded
betwee
8.30
am
a d
5.30
pm,
taki g
the
cumulative
ai fall
to
230.1
mm.

Acco di g
to
the
I dia
Meteo ological
Depa tme t
(IMD),
the
mea
total
ai fall
fo
August
i
Delhi
—
based
o
the
1991-2020
climatological
pe iod
—
is
226.8
mm.

The
capital
city
also
eco ded
its
wettest
August
day
i
two
yea s
o
Satu day,
with
Safda ju g
eceivi g
98.7
mm
of
ai fall
i
the
24
hou s
e di g
at
8.30
am.
The
last
time
the
city
eco ded
mo e
ai fall
o
a
August
day
was
o
August
1,
2024,
whe
107.6
mm
was
eco ded.

The
city
has
bee
wit essi g
ai
fo
the
fou th
co secutive
day.

Amo g
the
othe
weathe
statio s,
Palam
eco ded
104.6
mm
of
ai fall,
Aya aga
115
mm,
Ridge
89.8
mm
a d
Lodi
Road
86.8
mm,
besides
98.7
mm
at
Safda ju g
i
the
24
hou s
e di g
at
8.30
am
o
Satu day.

Betwee
8.30
am
a d
5.30
pm,
Aya aga
eco ded
the
highest
ai fall
at
16
mm,
followed
by
Ridge
at
9.4
mm,
Lodi
Road
at
6.5
mm,
while
Safda ju g
a d
Palam
eco ded
4.4
mm
each.

The
IMD
said
light
to
ve y
light
ai
is
likely
at
some
places
i
Delhi
ove
the
ext
two
days.
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