KANPUR: The city has recorded a decent amount of rainfall — 367 mm — in the month of July this year. Moreover, of the total rainfall recorded in July, the maximum 108.6 mm was recorded on July 28.
On July 30 also, city received reasonable amount of precipitation with the rain gauge reading 47.8 mm.
The rain spell has ended the dry spell in the monsoon season which had been prevailing for several days.
The Met department of Chandra Shekhar Azad University Of Agriculture & Technology on Sunday informed that light to moderate intensity rainfall is likely to lash the city till August 4.
The Met experts said that dense layer of clouds would continue to hover over the city and may bring rains.
The weather has, meanwhile, witnessed a major change due to continuous rains in past few days. On Sunday, the day temperature dipped to three degrees Celsius below the normal. Similarly, the night temperature too dropped to a pleasant 26 degree Celsius.
The change in the weather has brought relaxation to the denizens since they had been troubled by the sultry conditions prevailing for past many days. Rains not only ended the dry spell and sultry weather conditions, but also resulted in weather turning from pleasant to a bit on the cooler side.
Many people said they had to switch off the ACs in the bedrooms since the weather had changed.
