Residents of Bengaluru welcomed a break from the sweltering heat after a spell of rain across the city on Monday evening.
The rainfall comes around a month after the last rainfall in the city. "These rains are because of thunderstorm activity. The rains generally do not sustain more than an hour or two. This is the first rain after a dry spell of about a month. This will bring much-needed relief to the city of Bengaluru which has been experiencing temperatures as high as 35 degree celsius. Parts of the city will receive as much as 20 mm of moderate rainfall," said meteorologist Sunil Gavaskar from the Karnataka State Natural Disaster Monitoring Centre (KSNDMC).
He further added that if temperatures remain high, there could be more short spells of rainfall in the next few days. The rains come at a time Bengaluru is experiencing one of its hottest summers with temperatures being 2-3 degrees warmer than usual at this time of the year.
Residents of the city took to social media to celebrate after the rains lowered the temperature in the city.
First rain after many months and power gone already.. Congrats @NammaBESCOM #bangalore #bengaluru #NammaBengaluru
— That Nair Boy (@surajv369) April 8, 2019
While Bangalore Rains missed its Date with Ugadi, here it is.
— Ramesh Balasundaram (@rameshb) April 8, 2019
‘Listen to the Pouring Rain’
Better Late Than Never!
Yes, we Bangaloreans are spilt for choice pic.twitter.com/7LxkFD9MUm
Oh the smell of rain pic.twitter.com/D0nvH8VDnp
— Pushkar V (@pushkarv) April 8, 2019
Enjoy the cool Monday evening Bangalore! First rain of 2019 pic.twitter.com/mPbhSDHRLP
— sanjaya rao p (@sanjayaraop) April 8, 2019
Proof....framed.
— Bhumika K. (@BangaloreBhumi) April 8, 2019
Of the few drops of rain that fell on Bangalore on the evening of April 8, 2019 pic.twitter.com/rOgyVrgny2
Proof....framed.
— Bhumika K. (@BangaloreBhumi) April 8, 2019
Of the few drops of rain that fell on Bangalore on the evening of April 8, 2019 pic.twitter.com/rOgyVrgny2
#Bengaluru - After weeks of really scorching heat and atypically high aveage daily temperatures, the city just had it's first rain shower in weeks..
— Siddharth Kankaria (@SiddhrthKnkaria) April 8, 2019
And it feels like #Bangalore once again: the #breeze, the refreshing #foliage, and just the #cheerfulness in the air! :) pic.twitter.com/hluNWXZkY8
One rain, and Bangalore becomes the best city to live in, in the world. #Bengaluru #BangaloreRain
— FullTimeStruggler (@fulltimestruglr) April 8, 2019
Finally some rain in Bangalore! What a relief!
— Swanand (@_swanand) April 8, 2019
I don't think I've ever been happier about a first rain in Bangalore than I am right now.
— Pranay VK (@Pranay_VK) April 8, 2019
It is FINALLY RAINING *insert Petrichor comment* pic.twitter.com/QkO5cqydI0
— monik (@monikamanchanda) April 8, 2019
Along with Bengaluru, many parts of south interior and central Karnataka received rainfall on Monday. Out of them Chikkamagaluru district received the highest rainfall at the time of writing.