Monsoon high: Delhi logs 399.8 mm rain, wettest Aug in 15 years

The national capital has logged its wettest August in a decade and a half, recording 399.8 mm of rainfall so far this month, according to data from the India Meteorological Department (IMD).

- AIMAN FATIMA

This is the heaviest August rainfall since 2010, when Delhi had received 455.8 mm. The figure has already gone beyond last year's August total of 390.3 mm, which was considered exceptional at the time as it was 67 per cent above the long-term average.

In 2024, the city's annual rainfall mark had been crossed by the end of August with 390.3 mm in the month alone. This year, the record has been surpassed earlier, with two more days still left in August. The IMD said that 14 rainy days have been logged so far this month and the count may increase further before September begins.