Moderate rainfall continued in the Capital with the Safdarjung weather station recording 6.2 mm of rainfall on Sunday. More rain is expected over the next few days.

The city recorded a maximum of 34.4 degrees Celsius, which is normal for the season, and a minimum of 25.8 degrees Celsius, one degree below normal. The humidity oscillated between 97% and 67%.

Forecast for today

The forecast for Monday (July 29) reads: “Generally cloudy sky with light rain/thunderstorm likely to occur.” The temperatures are, however, likely to increase and hover between 28 and 36 degrees Celsius.

The bulletin released by the Meteorological department shows that the maximum temperature will rise over the next 48 hours before falling to between 31 to 32 degrees Celsius thereafter.

Delhi has recorded 193 mm of rainfall between July 1 and July 27, which is around 1% more than the 30-year average of 190.4 mm, officials said. Overall, it has received 204.2 mm of precipitation against the long-term average of 255.9 mm since June 1, when the monsoon season starts, a deficiency of around 20%, according to India Meteorological Department data. The Safdarjung observatory recorded 50.2 mm of rainfall, the heaviest in the monsoon season this year, on July 22. The weather station at Palam gauged 61 mm of precipitation on July 18.

The monsoon trough has shifted to Rajasthan. It will again move towards the Delhi-NCR region on July 31, bringing more rain.

(With PTI inputs)