New Delhi: The country's capital Delhi has received 1,502.8 mm rainfall so far this year, a new record of rainfall in Delhi in a year. According to the India Meteorological Department (IMD), the capital received 1,420.3 mm of rainfall in 1933, the highest rainfall in a year during the period 1901-2021. This is the fourth time in 121 years since 1933, 1964 and 1975 that Delhi has received more than 1,200 mm of rainfall in a year.

Delhi's Safdarjung Observatory, which provides official weather data, has recorded 1,502.8 mm rainfall till Monday evening. An official said this is the second-highest rainfall in the capital since 1901 when IMD started collecting data. Delhi recorded 773.2 mm rainfall last year. Mahesh Palawat, vice president of private forecasting agency Skymet Weather, says it is only a matter of a sharp western disturbance.

He said there is a high probability that Delhi will see a new record of annual rainfall this year. Generally, three to four western disturbances are recorded per month during the winter season, leading to snowfall in hilly areas and rain in northern plains.

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