By Admin 
Delhi is seeing a different mood of monsoon this year. By the middle of August, this time the capital has received as much rain as it usually occurs in the whole year. Statistics show that in the last 25 years, so much rainfall was not recorded earlier in August. Despite this, the people of Delhi could not get relief from the sticky heat.
17 -year -old humid record broken
According to the Indian Meteorological Department, the average humidity in Delhi from June 1 to August 18 was 76.5 percent. This is the second largest level since 2008. The average humidity of the capital is about 67.2 percent during the monsoon under normal conditions.
The special thing is that from August 14 to 18, the humidity broke all records and the average humidity reached 89.2 percent, which is about one and a half times more than normal.
June and July become the main reasons
Experts say that this time the biggest reason for increasing humidity was June and July in the month of Monsoon. Humidity finished third in June after 1973, while in July it was recorded at number two.
The situation was better in the early days of August, but between August 14 and 18, the sudden humidity level increased so much that all the previous records were left behind.
Dark connection between rain and moisture
July and August are traditionally considered to be the most rainy months in Delhi. This time only eight in July and four days in August till now, it has been such that it did not rain.
Meteorologists say that continuous rains increased the amount of moisture in the atmosphere. When the rain is fast, the temperature comes down, but the remaining moisture after light or intermittent rains makes the humidity unbearable.
Moisture flow from South and Northeast
Even though there was no rainfall of 19 days in Delhi in June, the flow of moisture increased towards Delhi due to early monsoon active in South and Northeast India.
The monsoon officially reached the capital on June 29 and since then continuous rains soaked the city. Meanwhile, the moisture level remained continuously high.
Humidity continued on Thursday
On Thursday too, Delhi was suffering from humid heat. Light rain was recorded at some places, but it could not get relief. The maximum temperature was 34.8 degrees Celsius that was 0.6 degrees above normal, while the minimum temperature was 25.9 degrees. The air moisture level remained between 64 and 89 percent throughout the day.
It is still raining today
Delhi is also raining today (Friday). Earlier, the Meteorological Department had predicted that the sky will be cloudy on Friday and there may be rain with strong winds.
The minimum temperature was recorded at 26.6 degrees Celsius, while the maximum temperature is estimated to reach 35 degrees. The level of relative humidity was 80 percent at 8.30 am and has recorded 0.1 mm rainfall in the last 24 hours.
Delhi’s Air Quality Index (AQI) was recorded at 98, which according to the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) falls in the ‘satisfactory’ category. According to CPCB, AQI between zero to 50 is considered ‘good’, between 51 and 100 ‘satisfactory’, between 101 and 200 ‘medium’, between 201 to 300, ‘bad’, 301 to 400 is considered ‘very bad’ and between 401 and 500 is considered ‘serious’.
However, experts say that the relief cooling is still far away and the capitalists may have to face humid weather for a few more days.