Monsoon hits Delhi, earliest onset in 108 yrs

NDTV.com 15.06.2008 17:54
Monsoon hits Delhi, earliest onset in 108 yrs


The monsoons have hit the capital. This is the earliest monsoon to arrive in Delhi in 108 years as it comes a record 14 days ahead of its normal date of June 29.



Available weather records in Delhi date back to 1901 and not once has monsoon hit the city before June 16.

Delhi has been receiving a healthy rainfall for the past few days. Monsoons have already been declared in many parts of north and northwest India including Uttarakhand, Himachal Pradesh and Jammu and Kashmir.

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