Snowfall in the hilly states has once again increased the cold in the plains. At the same time, the country’s capital Delhi has recorded the highest rainfall since January in the last four years. Delhi received the highest rainfall since January after 2022 and it increased to 24mm. In recent years, the most rainy day of January was 8th January 2022. This month, Delhi received 19.8 mm rainfall on January 23.

The sky remained cloudy in Delhi since the morning of Tuesday (January 27). The Meteorological Department (IMD) had issued a red alert for many areas in the morning. The maximum temperature recorded at Safdarjung Weather Station was 16.9 degrees Celsius, which is 5.2 degrees Celsius less than normal. The minimum temperature was recorded at 8.0 degrees Celsius, which was 0.4 degrees Celsius less than normal.

Temperature expected to rise on January 28

Although the maximum temperature was 4.5 to 6.4 degrees below normal and the minimum temperature was below 10 degrees Celsius, still it cannot be called a cold day because the temperature is likely to rise again tomorrow (January 28). An official of the Meteorological Department said that this is the first day when symptoms of cold are present.

where and how much rain occurred

It rained heavily at some weather stations from 11.30 am to 2.30 pm. 10.6 mm rainfall was recorded in Palam, 10.2 mm in Ridge, 4.2 mm in Safdarjung, 3.4 mm in Lodhi Road and 3.8 mm in Aryanagar. The rain gradually reduced between 2:30 pm and 5:30 pm. The result was that 0.6 mm rainfall was recorded in Palam, 1.2 mm in Ridge, 0.1 mm in Aryanagar and 1.0 mm in Mayur Vihar. There was no rain at the rest of the station.

Cold increased after rain in Rajasthan also

It rained in Rajasthan also on Tuesday morning and the coldness increased due to cold winds. Light to moderate rain occurred at many places including many areas of the capital Jaipur on Tuesday morning. During the 24 hours till Tuesday morning, light rainfall occurred at many places in eastern Rajasthan while the weather remained mainly dry in western Rajasthan. There were cold day conditions at some places in Jodhpur division and light fog at some places in East Rajasthan. From tomorrow, January 28, the weather in most parts of the state is likely to be mainly dry and due to the influence of strong northerly winds, the temperature is likely to drop by 3-4 degrees Celsius and on January 29-30, there will be dense fog at some places. Due to the effect of another new western disturbance, there may be light rain at isolated places in the northern and eastern parts of the state on January 31 and February 1.