Delhi Weather: More than a thousand millimetres of rain has been recorded at Safdarjung weather station so far. The situation has changed due to the combination of several weather phenomena.
ShareThis time the monsoon in Delhi has crossed the one thousand millimetre mark. This time the Safdarjung weather station has received about 60 per cent more rain than normal. Earlier in the year 2021, more rain had fallen during the monsoon season.
This time the monsoon arrived in the capital with a bang. The monsoon arrived in Delhi on June 28 and within 24 hours, 228 mm of rain fell. Due to so much rain, accidents happened at many places in Delhi and people also lost their lives. The traffic system was also affected for hours. The monsoon figures were generally normal in July, but heavy rains again occurred in August. In September so far, most parts have received good rains. The Meteorological Department’s data shows that 1019.7 mm of rain has been recorded at the Safdarjung Meteorological Center in June, July, August and this month so far.
Usually it rains this much: Normally during these monsoon months, 640 mm of rain falls, whereas this time it has been about 60 percent more than normal. There are still about eight to ten days left for the monsoon to go away.
116 percent more rain than normal in September
Safdarjung centre has recorded 116 per cent more rain than normal this month so far. Usually 84.3 mm of rain falls till 14th September, this time 182.3 mm of rain has fallen so far. In the year 2021, 413.3 mm of rain fell in September.
Rainfall on 11 out of 14 days
Safdarjung station has recorded drizzle, light rain or moderate rain on 11 out of 14 days this month. The highest rainfall of 36.8 mm was recorded on September 6.
Circumstances changed due to many circumstances
Mahesh Palawat, a scientist at Skymet, a weather monitoring agency, says that the increased rainfall this time in the monsoon is due to the combination of several seasonal phenomena. Last year there was El Niño. In this situation, there is less rainfall. This time El Niño ended, while several low pressure areas were formed over Uttar Pradesh, Gujarat and Rajasthan. When these low pressure areas weakened, the monsoon trough moved up and came closer to Delhi. Along with this, western disturbances also came in between.