Delhi Sees Record Rain, Low Temperatures In May In Cyclone Tauktae Impact

New Delhi:

Delhi has recorded the highest-ever rainfall in 24 hours in Might as Cyclone Tauktae impacted the climate of the nationwide capital and surrounding areas after leaving a path of destruction on the western coast the place it had made landfall on Monday.

By 8.30 pm on Wednesday, the nationwide capital had registered round 60 mm rainfall, surpassing the all-time file of 60 mm rainfall in a day, recorded on Might 24, 1976.

The incessant rains additionally triggered a drastic drop within the most temperature. The nationwide capital’s most temperature as we speak was 23.8 levels Celsius, 16 levels under regular and the bottom within the month of Might since 1951.

Delhi’s most temperature was lesser than that of Srinagar (25.8 levels Celsius) and Dharamshala (27.2 levels Celsius), the well-known hill-stations that vacationers usually go to in Might and June to flee the scorching warmth.

“Right this moment, Safdarjung recorded a most temperature of 23.8 levels Celsius. That is the bottom most temperature since 1951,” Kuldeep Srivastava, the pinnacle of the India Meteorological Division’s regional forecasting centre, was quoted as saying by information company PTI.

The IMD mentioned the rainfall in Delhi, Uttar Pradesh, northern Rajasthan, Himachal Pradesh and Uttarakhand was the results of interactions between the remnant of the cyclonic storm Tauktae and a Western Disturbance.

The climate workplace has predicted average rainfall within the nationwide capital on Thursday as nicely. “The rainfall exercise may be very prone to lower,” it mentioned in its forecast.

The cyclone, which had unleashed winds with velocity as much as 190 kilometres per hour, made landfall between Diu and Una of Gujarat, uprooting timber and electrical energy poles, damaging buildings and killing over two dozen individuals. It has now weakened right into a melancholy.

With inputs from PTI