<p>New Delhi: <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/india/delhi">Delhi </a>recorded 41.2 mm rain in the past 24 four hours till 8.30 am on Saturday, marking the highest single-day December rainfall in 101 years, the weather department said.</p>.<p>According to the India Meteorological Department (IMD), the capital recorded the highest-ever rainfall on a single day in the month on December 3, 1923, at 75.7 mm.</p>.Delhi records highest December rainfall in 15 years, mercury drops to 14.6 degree Celsius.<p>The rains also made December 2024 the fifth-highest in terms of monthly rainfall since records began in 1901, an official from the weather department said.</p>.<p>"The 24-hour cumulative rainfall ending at 8:30 am today is the second-highest since 1901 at Safdarjung. The monthly rainfall is the fifth-highest. The 24-hour cumulative rainfall refers to the rainfall during the past 24 hours, ending at 8:30 am IST on the given date," the IMD official said.</p>.<p>Meanwhile, Delhi woke up to an overcast sky on Saturday, with the weather department forecasting light to moderate rain and issuing a yellow alert for the day.</p>.<p>An active western disturbance and its interaction with easterly winds are causing light to moderate rainfall/thunderstorms over Northwest and Central India, including Delhi-NCR, the IMD said.</p>.<p>The minimum temperature settled at 12.7 degree Celsius on Saturday, six notches above the season's average.</p>.<p>Additionally, the air quality in Delhi improved to 'moderate,' with the AQI settling at 152 at 9 am on Saturday, according to Central Pollution Control Board data.</p>.<p>An AQI between 0 and 50 is considered 'good,' 51 and 100 'satisfactory,' 101 and 200 'moderate,' 201 and 300 'poor,' 301 and 400 'very poor,' and 401 and 500 'severe.'</p>
<p>New Delhi: <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/india/delhi">Delhi </a>recorded 41.2 mm rain in the past 24 four hours till 8.30 am on Saturday, marking the highest single-day December rainfall in 101 years, the weather department said.</p>.<p>According to the India Meteorological Department (IMD), the capital recorded the highest-ever rainfall on a single day in the month on December 3, 1923, at 75.7 mm.</p>.Delhi records highest December rainfall in 15 years, mercury drops to 14.6 degree Celsius.<p>The rains also made December 2024 the fifth-highest in terms of monthly rainfall since records began in 1901, an official from the weather department said.</p>.<p>"The 24-hour cumulative rainfall ending at 8:30 am today is the second-highest since 1901 at Safdarjung. The monthly rainfall is the fifth-highest. The 24-hour cumulative rainfall refers to the rainfall during the past 24 hours, ending at 8:30 am IST on the given date," the IMD official said.</p>.<p>Meanwhile, Delhi woke up to an overcast sky on Saturday, with the weather department forecasting light to moderate rain and issuing a yellow alert for the day.</p>.<p>An active western disturbance and its interaction with easterly winds are causing light to moderate rainfall/thunderstorms over Northwest and Central India, including Delhi-NCR, the IMD said.</p>.<p>The minimum temperature settled at 12.7 degree Celsius on Saturday, six notches above the season's average.</p>.<p>Additionally, the air quality in Delhi improved to 'moderate,' with the AQI settling at 152 at 9 am on Saturday, according to Central Pollution Control Board data.</p>.<p>An AQI between 0 and 50 is considered 'good,' 51 and 100 'satisfactory,' 101 and 200 'moderate,' 201 and 300 'poor,' 301 and 400 'very poor,' and 401 and 500 'severe.'</p>