India, Aug. 11 -- A brief spell of showers in Delhi on Monday helped push the quantum of showers this August past the weather department's long-period average for the month, which still has three weeks to go, underscoring what has been an unusually wet spell for the Capital deep into the monsoon.

The Safdarjung station - considered Delhi's representative weather gauge - clocked just 4mm of rain on Monday, enough to drive the month's total to 234.5mm, past the India Meteorological Department's (IMD) long-period average (LPA) of 233.1mm for the month.

This is the earliest rains in Delhi have crossed the mark in at least 15 years, with just seven days of showers in the first 10 days of the month.

Last year, Delhi clocked a significant rai...