New Delhi: Several parts of the city were hit by an intense spell of rain on Sunday evening, accompanied by strong winds reaching speeds of up to 57 kmph. While light to moderate rain is expected on Monday, the weather department has forecast scattered rain activity to continue for a week starting Tuesday.

However, there is no colour-coded weather warning issued for the upcoming days.According to the India Meteorological Department, from 5.30 pm to 8.30 pm, Safdarjung, which is the city's base station, received 10.1 mm, Pragati Maidan 13.6 mm, Pusa 10 mm, and Janakpuri 0.5 mm of rainfall. Rain was accompanied by strong winds with speeds touching 57 kmph at Pragati Maidan, 55 kmph at Palam, 37 kmph at Mayur Vihar, 21 kmph at Pragati Maidan, and 13 kmph at Safdarjung.Some areas witnessed rain from 8.30 am to 5.30 pm, with Lodhi Road receiving 8.1 mm of rainfall, Pragati Maidan 7.5 mm, Najafgarh 7 mm, Ayanagar 5.7 mm, Safdarjung 4 mm, and Palam1.3 mm of rainfall.

IMD scientist Krishna Kumar Mishra said, "Delhi-NCR received rain due to the combination of three factors—presence of the monsoon trough south of Delhi, active western disturbance, and low-pressure area over north-west Madhya Pradesh with associated cyclonic circulation extending up to the upper tropospheric level."

Rain over the past four days has eliminated Delhi's monsoon deficit, with the IMD now placing the city in the ‘normal' rainfall category. Between June 1 and July 12, Delhi recorded 117.8 mm of rainfall, compared to the normal of 126.3 mm. This marks a shift from the ‘deficit' category last week. However, south-west Delhi received the highest rainfall among all districts and is the only one currently classified under the ‘large excess' category.Six districts have received ‘normal' rainfall in the monsoon season so far—central, New Delhi, north-east, south, south-east, and west. However, north Delhi and north-west Delhi received the least rainfall and have been categorised in the ‘large deficit' category.The maximum temperature was recorded at 34.8 degrees Celsius, one degree below normal, on Sunday. The minimum temperature settled at 25.1 degrees Celsius, two notches below normal.

"The day temperature is predicted to remain between 32 and 34 degrees Celsius on Monday. There is a possibility of light to moderate showers on Monday, with very light to light rain accompanied by thunderstorms and lightning likely from Tuesday onwards," said a Met official.Delhi's air quality, which turned ‘moderate' on Saturday, improved to ‘satisfactory'. The Air Quality Index (AQI) was 79 compared to 105 a day earlier. The streak of 16 consecutive satisfactory days broke on Saturday. However, the air quality is expected to stay in the ‘satisfactory' category till July 16, according to the Air Quality Early Warning System for Delhi, which is the forecasting body under the union ministry of earth sciences.Delhi environment minister Manjinder Singh Sirsa said pollution hotspots such as Bawana (64), Punjabi Bagh (68), and Narela (74) reported lower AQI values.