A scooterist wade through a water logged street of Delhi on a rainy day, in the capital on Friday. December 27, 2024.
| Photo Credit: SHIV KUMAR PUSHPAKAR
Delhi recorded 41.2 mm rain in the past 24 four hours till 8.30 a.m. on Saturday (December 28, 2024), marking the highest single-day December rainfall in 101 years, the weather department said.
According to the India Meteorological Department (IMD), the capital recorded the highest-ever rainfall on a single day in the month on December 3, 1923, at 75.7 mm.
The rains also made December 2024 the fifth-highest in terms of monthly rainfall since records began in 1901, an official from the weather department said.
“The 24-hour cumulative rainfall ending at 8:30 am today is the second-highest since 1901 at Safdarjung. The monthly rainfall is the fifth-highest. The 24-hour cumulative rainfall refers to the rainfall during the past 24 hours, ending at 8:30 am IST on the given date,” the IMD official said.
Overnight showers in Madhya Pradesh
Madhya Pradesh received overnight showers due to the western disturbance and other weather phenomena, IMD officials said on Saturday (December 28, 2024).
The weatherman has predicted the very likely occurrence of hailstorms and thunderstorms accompanied by lightning and gusty winds in parts of MP during the day.
Overcast skies have warmed minimum temperatures over the last three days. The chill is likely to return by New Year’s eve, weather officials said.
On Saturday, people woke up to a cloudy sky, with roads and trees soaked in overnight rainfall in almost the entire state.
Barring one to two places, Madhya Pradesh received showers due to western disturbance and induced cyclonic circulation over central Rajasthan among other systems, said Pramendra Kumar, weather scientist with the Bhopal office of India Meteorological Department.
He said the sky is likely to become clear on Sunday and temperatures dip by two to four degrees Celsius in the next 72 hours, bringing back the chill in the air.
Bhopal recorded a minimum temperature of 17.8 degrees Celsius in the 24 hours ending 8:10 AM on Saturday.
Kumar said the IMD had not received reports about hailstorms hitting some parts of MP on Friday night.
The IMD has predicted hailstorms and thunderstorms accompanied by lightning, and gusty winds with the speed reaching 30-40 kmph, very likely to occur in isolated parts of MP on Saturday.
Published – December 28, 2024 12:30 pm IST
