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Delhi's October rainfall was three times more than August, says IMD

The current rains in Delhi are not monsoon showers, which receded from the city on September 29 after giving 516.9 mm of rainfall against a normal of 653.6 mm

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Commuters wade through the waterlogged Delhi-Gurugram Expressway and its service road after rainfall, in Gurugram (Photo: PTI)

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Witnessing second highest amount of October rainfall in past 16 years, Delhi has recorded 121.7 mm of rainfall in the first 10 days of October, Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) said on Monday.

According to PTI report, Delhi records 28 mm of rainfall in October. Other than 2022, the national capital's precipitation amount was high in October 2021 as well. The city did not receive any rain in October 2020, 2018 and 2017 and logged 47.3 mm of rainfall in October 2019, it reported.

The IMD said October rainfall has surpassed the precipitation level of the wettest month of the monsoon

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