Cloudy skies and light rain are expected in Delhi on Wednesday, but high humidity will cause some inconvenience to city residents.
Intermittent rains are predicted over the next five to six days with the intensity peaking over the weekend, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) forecast showed.
The Safdarjung Observatory, Delhi's primary weather station, recorded a minimum temperature of 27.9 degrees Celsius, one notch above normal. The maximum temperature is likely to settle around 37 degrees Celsius.
Bountiful rains in July gave Delhi its best air quality for the month in five years, while the average maximum temperature also dropped to its lowest level since 2016, according to data from the India Meteorological Department (IMD) and the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB). The city recorded 384.6 mm of rainfall in July, which is the second-highest in the month in the last 15 years, compared to the normal of 195.8 mm.
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It gauged above-normal rainfall in the last four months -- 53.2 mm against a normal of 17.4 mm in March, 20.1 mm against an average of 16.3 mm in April, 111 mm against a normal of 30.7 mm in May and 101.7 mm against a normal of 74.1 mm in June.
The average maximum temperature in July was 34.7 degrees Celsius, the lowest since 2016 when it was 34.5 degrees Celsius.
