NEW DELHI, Jul. 10, 2023 (TBINN)
In 36 hours starting 8.30 A.M. on Saturday, Delhi recorded an unprecedented 260 M.M. of rainfall, over 30 per cent more than July’s quota of 195.8 M.M., prompting the government to issue a flood warning and shut schools for a day.
Safdarjung Observatory, the main weather station in Delhi, recorded 153 M.M. of rain in a 24-hour period ending at 8.30 A.M. on Sunday. This is the highest rainfall for a single day since July 25, 1982, when 169.9 mm of rain was recorded.
It is also the third-highest single-day rainfall for July since 1958, the India Meteorological Department (I.M.D.) said.
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