Monsoon brings down temperatures in Delhi

September 08, 2010 01:07 pm | Updated 01:07 pm IST - New Delhi

The national capital continued to receive rainfall even as the first week of September ended, bringing down temperatures below the normal levels.

The capital received 13.3 mm of rainfall in the last 24 hours, and humidity remained at a high of 89 per cent.

The maximum temperature fell two notches below normal, and was recorded at 32.2 degrees Celsius. The minimum, however, at 26.6 degree C was two degrees above normal.

The Met department has predicted a partly cloudy sky with possibility of light rain or thundershowers for the day.

The Indian Meteorological Department in its weekly forecast for the period from Sept 4 to Sept 10 has said that fairly widespread rainfall is expected over Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Himachal Pradesh, Haryana, Chandigarh and Delhi during the first half of the week, and is expected to decrease thereafter.

It said the withdrawal of the southwest monsoon, which normally begins on September 1 is also not expected to commence till middle of September.

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