NEW DELHI: Delhi recorded less than 21 mm rainfall in September, the lowest for the month in 16 years, according to the India Meteorological Department (IMD).
Kuldeep Srivastava, the head of the IMD’s regional forecasting centre, said Delhi has already recorded the last rainfall of the monsoon season and any precipitation is unlikely now.
The Safdarjung Observatory, which provides representative data for the city, has recorded just 20.9 mm rainfall against the normal of 109.3 mm this month “ a deficiency of 81 per cent, according to IMD data.
The last time the weather station recorded any rainfall (1.3 mm) was on September 8.
According to IMD, the national capital recorded only three rainy days this September, the lowest since 2016, when it witnessed just two rainy days.
Rainfall recorded in September last year was 74 mm. It was 237.8 mm in 2018 and 158.5 mm in 2017. The city…