Southwest monsoon withdraws from Delhi; city received above normal rains
The India Meteorological Department on Saturday said the southwest monsoon has withdrawn from Delhi, with the city receiving above-normal rainfall during the season.
According to IMD data, the Safdarjung Observatory, Delhi’s main weather station, received 660.8 mm of rainfall during the monsoon season (June to September), compared to the normal rainfall of 653.6 mm.
Normally, the monsoon in the national capital begins on June 27 and withdraws on September 25. This year the rain system embraced the city on June 25.
“The southwest monsoon has further withdrawn from some parts of Jammu and Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh and Uttarakhand; entire Punjab and Haryana-Chandigarh-Delhi; some parts of western Uttar Pradesh, western Madhya Pradesh and eastern Rajasthan and some parts of western Rajasthan today,” the IMD said in a statement.
The weather office said conditions are becoming favorable for further withdrawal of monsoon from remaining parts of Jammu, Kashmir, Ladakh, Gilgit, Baltistan, Muzaffarabad region, Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand and western Uttar Pradesh; some more parts of Madhya Pradesh; remaining parts of Rajasthan and some parts of Gujarat in the next three to four days.
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First print: September 30, 2023 | 3:04 PM IST