Monsoon Hits Parched Delhi with Record Downpour: Months’ Worth of Rain in A Few Hours, Highest since 1936

Delhi’s oldest weather station at Safdarjung recorded nearly 228.1 mm of rainfall in barely 12 hours – a far cry from just 64.1 mm that it normally receives during the entire month of June. This is also the highest 24-hour rain it has received in June in the last 88 years