India, July 14 -- Parts of Delhi received patchy light showers in the early hours of Monday, with gusty winds. No colour-coded alert was in place for the day, even as the India Meteorological Department (IMD) forecast light to moderate rain for the rest of the day. Scattered light showers were expected to continue through this week.

Delhi's air quality improved to the "satisfactory" range on Monday. An average air quality index of 65 was recorded at 9am compared to 79 at 4pm on Sunday.

The IMD data showed Safdarjung received 15.8mm of rain, Palam 8.5mm, Lodhi Road 18.5mm, Ridge 0.4mm, and Ayanagar 15.5mm in the 24 hours until 8:30am on Monday.

Delhi received short but intense spells of rain on Sunday. "Delhi and NCR [National Capital R...