Delhi has already recorded 56.6 mm rainfall in January, the maximum for the month in 21 years

New Delhi: Delhi has already recorded 56.6 mm rainfall in January, the maximum for the month in 21 years, according to the India Meteorological Department (IMD).

Rains drenched the national capital for the fourth consecutive day on Wednesday.

RainThe Safdarjung Observatory, which provides representative data for the city, has already recorded 56.6 mm rainfall this January, Kuldeep Srivastava, the head of the IMD's regional forecasting centre, said.

On an average, Delhi records 21.7 mm in January every year. It had gauged 48.1 mm rainfall in January last year, 54.1 mm rainfall in January, 2019 and 59.7 mm in January, 1999.

The city had registered 69.8 mm rainfall in the same month in 1995, according to IMD data.

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On Wednesday, the Safdarjung Observatory recorded 6 mm rainfall till 5:30 pm.

The rains, under the influence of a strong western disturbance, come on the back of a "severe" cold wave that gripped Delhi in the run-up to new year, the IMD said.

Dense fog is likely in Delhi over the next two days, the IMD said.