Monsoon brings much-needed respite from heat for Delhiites

Delhi rains: The maximum temperature plummeted to 29.4 degrees Celsius at Safdarjung, seven degrees below normal for this time of the year, and 11.5 degrees below the maximum temperature recorded on Wednesday. This is the lowest maximum temperature recorded in June in at least 11 years. In Picture: Boys play on a road amid monsoon rains, in New Delhi, Thursday, June 30, 2022. (PTI Photo)

The monsoon has hit the city after a scorching summer that was Northwest India’s hottest in 122 years in March and April. Both months recorded massive deficits in rainfall — March saw no rainfall at all, while there was a deficit of 98% in April in Delhi. In Picture: Vehicles ply on a waterlogged road amid monsoon rains, in New Delhi, Thursday, June 30, 2022. (PTI Photo)

Commuters on the Azadpur road amid monsoon rains in New Delhi, Thursday, June 30, 2022. (PTI Photo)

People take shelter under the Azadpur bus stop amid monsoon rains, in New Delhi, Thursday, June 30, 2022. (PTI Photo)

Waterlogging at the newly inaugurated Pragati Maidan Integrated Transit Corridor due to monsoon rains, in New Delhi, Thursday, June 30, 2022. (PTI Photo)

Commuters holding umbrellas wait for the bus amid monsoon rains, at a bus stop in New Delhi. (PTI Photo)

Vehicles wade through a waterlogged road amid monsoon rains, in New Delhi, Thursday, June 30, 2022. (PTI Photo)

People trying to cross a waterlogged street in New Delhi on Thursday, June 30, 2022. (Express photo by Abhinav Saha)

Heavy traffic at Dhaula Kuan, New Delhi after the showers on Thursday.  (Express Photo by Tashi Tobgyal)