India, July 10 -- Delhi and its neighbouring districts received almost continuous rain between Wednesday and Thursday afternoon, with more rain expected on the intervening night of Thursday and Friday. Safdarjung weather station in Delhi accumulated 105mm rain in the 30 hours ending 2:30 PM on July 9. This followed 14.2 mm rainfall in the preceding 24 hours. How anomalous is this much rainfall for Delhi? Here are four charts that put this rainfall in context.

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