Delhi and its adjoining areas skilled average to heavy rain from afternoon on Friday, prompting the India Meteorological Division (IMD) to raise the yellow warning for the town to a red alert, cautioning of extra downpour accompanied with thunderstorms.
Whereas the climate circumstances impacted flight operations in Delhi, the Indira Gandhi Worldwide (IGI) Airport was additionally left closely waterlogged on Friday after a number of hours of rain. Visuals from the airport confirmed individuals carrying baggage trolleys by means of ankle-deep water.
9 flights — 4 to Jaipur, as many to Lucknow and one to Ahmedabad — have been diverted between 3:30 pm and 4:30 pm.
Air India issued an advisory for its passengers and stated in a put up on X that flight operations to and from Delhi stand possibilities of being affected as a result of opposed climate circumstances.
Together with Delhi, Uttar Pradesh’s Noida and Ghaziabad have been additionally positioned below an orange warning by the IMD, in accordance with the nowcast seen on its web site at round 3:30 pm. There was no warning for Haryana’s Gurugram.
In response to the IMD’s three-hourly rainfall knowledge cited in a PTI information company report, Palam recorded 3.4 mm of rain between 11.30 am and a couple of.30 pm, whereas Najafgarh acquired 0.5 mm between 8.30 am and 11.30 am. Most different monitoring stations recorded no rainfall throughout these intervals.
Some components of Delhi and its adjoining areas additionally skilled extreme waterlogging after hours-long rain, with autos seen wading by means of flooded streets in movies.
Delhi temperature
Delhi on Friday recorded minimal temperature at 25.5 levels Celsius, 0.1 levels above regular, in accordance with station-wise knowledge from Palam, whereas Lodhi Street recorded 27.6 levels Celsius, 2.6 levels above regular.
The Ridge recorded a minimal of 23.7 levels Celsius, 0.5 levels under regular, whereas Ayanagar recorded 27 levels Celsius, 2.3 levels above regular.
The utmost temperature was anticipated to hover round 32 levels Celsius, whereas humidity was recorded at 75 per cent within the morning hours.
Wetter-than-normal August
The newest spell comes after a wetter-than-normal August for the capital. Delhi recorded 354.1 mm of rainfall between August 1 and August 30 until 5:30pm, greater than 120mm above the IMD’s long-period common (LPA) of 233.1 mm for the month, HT earlier reported.
The town had additionally logged extra August rainfall in 2025 and 2024, when it acquired 400.81mm and 390.3mm, respectively. These have been the primary situations since 2020 when August rainfall crossed the LPA, with the town recording 237 mm that yr.
Since 2011, Delhi has crossed the August rainfall LPA solely six instances — in 2012, 2013, 2020, 2024, 2025 and 2026.
In the meantime, Haryana recorded its first rainfall deficit for August in three years, receiving 138.5 mm of rain towards the traditional 146.1 mm, a shortfall of 5%, in accordance with IMD knowledge.
Gurugram recorded 217.4 mm of rainfall towards a traditional of 185.1 mm, a surplus of 17%, inserting the district within the regular rainfall class, as per IMD. The town acquired 66.5 mm of rainfall between August 21 and 27, which was 58% above its regular weekly rainfall.
