Delhi Greets the Monsoon Showers with Open Arms

The city dwellers forget at times the manner in which monsoons should be welcomed. However, Delhi people welcomed monsoon showers with open arms yesterday when the scorching heat drenched the people. It was light and medium showers which were accompanied by little thunderstorms that hit Delhi in the afternoon that helped to bring down the level of mercury. Thereby, giving relief to the people from the heat waves prevailing.

The rain showers were accompanied by very strong winds and it hit Delhi around 1 pm bringing the temperature down by 2-3 degrees in Delhi. In few areas, hailstorms were there as well. The rain followed a cloudy sky that brought much relief to the Delhi people from the scorching sun rays and hot weather prevailing since last week.

43.6 degree Celsius was Delhi’s maximum temperature recorded last week that was 4 degrees above the normal temperature while 31.2 degrees temperature was the minimum temperature recorded which was 3 degrees above the normal temperature as said by the department of MET.

In the forecast of Thursday morning last week, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) said that the city will witness thunderstorms and cloudy skies in some areas and rainfall was though not likely to occur. However, in the early afternoon on Thursday, the skies had turned dark along with strong winds blowing, followed by it in Delhi. After that hailstorm, rainfall occurred in some time.

The temperature recorded and weather forecasted by the IMD did not expect rain to occur as the temperatures did not show any chance of rainfall to occur but it did occur bringing some relief and joy to the Delhites.

Nobody had the idea of rainfall on Thursday and nobody was prepared for it as no one could see any symptoms of it during the day. It brought a smile to the face of the people and everybody just wished that it would never stop till the time it brings change to the rising temperatures. Although some people also became tensed as they thought that this short rainfall will bring more hot temperatures followed by humidity but on the other hand the Delhi people welcomed it with a smile on their face.