The India Meteorological Department (IMD) has forecasted a partly cloudy sky with light showers in Delhi-National Capital Region on Friday, September 3, as New Delhi witnessed trace rainfall earlier in the day.

After a record-breaking spell till about 10 a.m. yesterday, the Ridge observatory recorded 3 mm and Palam 2.8 mm rainfall till Friday morning, the India Meteorological Department said. It added that maximum temperature is likely to be 32.0 degrees Celsius, similar to 32.3 degrees Celsius on Thursday, which was two notches below normal. The weekend is likely to witness similar maximum temperatures hovering around 33 degrees Celsius.

Meanwhile, after two days of heavy rainfall, large parts of Delhi witnessed the Air Quality Index (AQI) in two digits, however, areas such as Anand Vihar continued to be above 100.

On the month-end review, It was earlier reported that Delhi had witnessed deficit rainfall in the month of August, having received 143.7 mm against a normal of 190.9 mm. In terms of cumulative figures for the monsoon season, however, the capital has received rainfall of around 14 percent above the normal figures. From June 1 to August 26, Delhi received 512.1 mm while the normal is 448.5 mm.

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