Heavy Rainfall In Delhi

It leads to a drop in temperature…

On Tuesday, 17 October 2023, several parts of the national capital received light rainfall, leading to a 6-degree drop in the actual temperature.

In the last 24 hours, the National Capital’s temperature dropped from 29 degrees Celsius to 23 degrees Celsius.

Images from areas like Rafi Marg and Moti Bagh show light to moderate-intensity rains. It resulted in minor traffic jams and congestion on the routes.

Traffic on various major roads moved at a very slow pace.

Earlier, the weather department had predicted light to moderate rain with heavy rain around Delhi and the NCR.

The Regional Weather Forecasting Centre (RWFC) stated in a post on X, "Thunderstorm with light to moderate intensity rain with heavy intensity rain over isolated places and gusty winds with speed of 30-50 Km/h would occur over and adjoining areas of entire Delhi and NCR including Ghaziabad, Noida, Dadri, Greater Noida, Gurugram, Faridabad, Manesar, among others during next 2 hours."

Further, it mentioned, "Thunderstorms with moderate rain may occur over and adjoining areas of Nazibabad, Bijnaur, Chandpur, Kithor, Amroha, Moradabad, Garhmukteshwar, Rampur, Sambhal, Billari, Milak, Chandausi, Bahajoi, Bareilly, Sahaswan, and Badayun (U.P.)."

"Light to moderate intensity rain would occur over and adjoining areas of Hapur, Gulaoti, Siyana, Jahangirabad, Anupshahar, Debai, Narora (U.P.) during the next 2 hours," the weather center added.