Yamuna below evacuation mark for second day, heavy rain unlikely today in Delhi
Heavy rainfall in the last month has also meant clean air, with all 31 days of August recording AQI in the good to moderate range
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Even as the water receded, large parts of Yamuna floodplains remained submerged on Sunday (Express/Amit Mehra)Delhi may not see heavy rain this week, with the India Meteorological Department (IMD) forecasting only thundershowers.
Delhi and northwest India have seen excessive rain in August and the first week of September, with severe flooding and cloudbursts being reported in Punjab, Himachal Pradesh and Uttarakhand.
Delhi on Sunday recorded a maximum temperature of 34.4 degrees Celsius and a minimum temperature of 25.1 degrees Celsius, 0.5 degrees below the season’s normal.
The IMD has forecast thunderstorms with rain on Monday, with the maximum and minimum temperatures expected to be around 35 and 24 degrees Celsius, respectively.
On Sunday, trace and scattered rain was recorded in the city. The air quality was recorded in the ‘satisfactory’ category at 4 pm on Sunday, with an Air Quality Index (AQI) reading of 74, Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) data showed.
Heavy rainfall in the last month has also meant clean air, with all 31 days of August recording AQI in the good to moderate range.
Environment minister Manjinder Singh Sirsa said Delhi has recorded 163 clean air days which equals the record set in 2022. September 2025 has continued this positive momentum, he said.
Delhi’s AQI takes a downward turn after the monsoon ends. Come October, a change in wind patterns and accumulation of local pollutants due to dipping temperatures brings the AQI down, a trend that continues till February.
Dip in Yamuna level
With rains slowing upstream, the water level in Yamuna in Delhi, which has been flowing above the danger mark for a week, also fell.
Hundreds of people have been evacuated from their homes in the floodplain over the past week and are living in camps set up by the government.
Even as the water receded, large parts of Yamuna floodplains remained submerged.
Most of them work as labourers on the fields on the floodplains or live in jhuggis.
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