Highlights
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The national capital has witnessed a “dry March” after a gap of four years as no rainfall occurred throughout the month.
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An IMD official told IANS that in the past 120 years, such a dry March month was only seen 12 times. The last time it was in 2018, when the city received no rain during the month of March in Delhi.
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According to the weather department. the normal rainfall during the month of March is 15.9 mm. However, during March, 0.0 mm rainfall was recorded. The actual rainfall was -100 per cent below normal than the long period average.
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In terms of temperature, the highest maximum was 39.2 degrees Celsius recorded on March 30. The all-time record of maximum temperature for the month is 40.6 degrees Celsius recorded on March 31, 1945.