Delhi on Saturday recorded the highest single day rainfall for January in 22 years, keeping the city’s air quality at its best in two months, while the minimum temperature settled at 15 degrees Celsius, eight notches above normal. Due to the record rain, many low-lying areas including New Friends Colony, Pul Prahladpur, Ring Road and Mandawali were waterlogged.
According to the India Meteorological Department (IMD), the Safdarjung observatory, which is considered the official marker for the city, recorded 41 mm of rainfall in the 24-hour period ending 8.30 am on Saturday, the highest in the month of January in 22 years. is more. The city’s highest single-day rainfall recorded in January was 46 mm in 1999.
Delhi’s Palam observatory received a record 47.6 mm of rain in the 24-hour period ended at 8.30 am on Saturday, the highest in a single day in the month of January since 1995, when it recorded 52.2 mm of rain, IMD data showed. It shows. The weather station at Ayanagar recorded 49 mm of rain, Ridge 48 mm, Lodhi Road 42.2 mm and Najafgarh 42.5 mm from Friday 8.30 am to Saturday 8.30 am.
IMD data shows that from 8.30 am to 5.30 pm on Saturday, Safdarjung Observatory recorded 6.2 mm, Palam 14 mm, Ayanagar 6.9 mm, Ridge 7.2 mm, Lodhi Road 6.7 and Najafgarh 16 mm. done. The Meteorological Department has predicted cloudy sky with the possibility of light rain or drizzle on Sunday.
“Partly cloudy sky with a chance of drizzle and moderate fog in the morning,” it predicted. According to the 24-hour AQI bulletin of the Central Pollution Control Board, Delhi’s AQI was 91 in the ‘satisfactory’ category at 4 pm on Saturday. The last time Delhi’s air was in this category was on October 25 last year.
Weather officials said that the vast improvement in the air quality of the city was due to rain due to western disturbance and gusty winds gusting up to 15-20 kmph in the region. The System of Air Quality and Weather Forecasting and Research (SAFAR) said the AQI may improve further in the good category due to the prevailing rains and strong winds.
“The rain is likely to continue with relatively strong winds today (Saturday), with further improvement in the air quality likely to reach ‘good’ or ‘lower end of satisfactory’,” SAFAR said. It said that from January 9, there is a possibility of deterioration in air quality due to wind speed along with a gradual decrease in maximum and minimum temperatures, all of which contribute to less dispersion of pollutants.
Nearby Noida recorded the Air Quality Index at 84, Greater Noida 72, Ghaziabad 108, Faridabad 103 and Gurugram 106. An AQI between zero and 50 is considered ‘good’, 51 and 100 ‘satisfactory’, 101 and 200 as ‘moderate’. , 201 and 300 ‘poor’, 301 and 400 ‘very poor’, and 401 and 500 ‘severe’.
December 2021 marked the longest streak of six “severe” air quality days in Delhi since 2015. The city’s maximum temperature on Saturday was recorded at 16.4 degrees Celsius, three notches below the season’s average.
The Met Office said the humidity level was 100 per cent at 5.30 pm. Due to the recorded rain in the morning, many low-lying areas of the city were flooded. The areas where waterlogging was observed are Pul Prahladpur Underpass, New Friends Colony, IP Marg Ring Road, Mandawali, New Ashok Nagar, Dabri, Mahavir Nagar, Bindapur, Yamuna Vihar, Wazirabad, Pushta Road, Kirari and Nangloi.
Public Works Department (PWD) officials said they had received 15-20 complaints of waterlogging. All were resolved by the employees on the ground. Delhi Police also received four calls regarding waterlogging in the national capital.
Waterlogging was reported on IP Marg near Jahangirpuri Metro Station, near Jahangirpuri Metro Station, NSG Signal towards Dwarka Link Road etc. Three calls regarding felling of trees, including passes.
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