India, Sept. 23 -- New Delhi

Dry weather is expected to persist in Delhi-NCR this week, with the India Meteorological Department (IMD) on Monday announcing that the withdrawal of the southwest monsoon is likely in Delhi between Wednesday and Thursday, around its normal withdrawal date of September 25.

Monsoon in Delhi will end in 40.9% excess, with the base weather station at Safdarjung having already recorded 902.6mm of rainfall since June 1, against the normal rainfall of 640.4mm for this period.

Last year, monsoon withdrawal was declared on October 2, with Delhi having received over 1,000mm of rainfall that regularly inundated key areas and left large parts of the city waterlogged. To be sure, it was the seventh wettest monsoon for ...