Aurangabad: The city and many parts of the district witnessed major rainfall activity during the 24 hours ended at Wednesday 8.30am, helping the parched areas overcome the monsoon deficit.The downpour, after a gap of 16 days, started around 8.45pm on Tuesday and continued for almost an hour, before reducing to intermittent drizzle till Wednesday morning.While no rainfall activity was observed thereafter in the city areas, the met department has forecast chances of moderate rain by weekend and chances of occasional showers during the next 48 hours.The unexpected showers caused waterlogging in some areas and threw traffic out of gear briefly on major internal roads and highways in and around the city.While the district as a whole received 15mm rainfall, many parts of the city and other areas got heavy showers on Tuesday night. Soygaon (32mm), Kannad (16mm) and Khultabad (16mm) also registered good showers.As per official record, major showers (32mm) were reported in Aurangabad tehsil on June 3.Incidentally, seven other districts in the region did not report any major rain in the past 24 hours. In a sort of reversal of rain pattern, Aurangabad had witnessed lull in rainfall activity when the other districts were recording light to medium rainfall during current season.As per official record, Aurangabad district comprising nine talukas, has received 38mm rainfall so far. It accounts for only 43% of the normal showers and 6% of average annual rainfall from June to October.Among other districts, Latur has received the maximum rain so far (165%), followed by Nanded (160%), Parbhani (136%), Hingoli (130%), Osmanabad (113%), Beed (91%) and Jalna (80%).The Marathwada region as a whole has reported 117% of the normal showers since June 1. Seven districts in the region, however, registered lull in rainfall activity similar to other parts of the state and the country.On Wednesday, the city recorded a maximum temperature of 33.7 degrees celsius and a minimum of 19.2 degrees celsius. While the maximum temperature was slightly above normal by 1 degree, the minimum temperature was below normal by 3 degrees, met department records show.Meanwhile, citizens have welcomed the revival of rainy season. “It is good to see rain returning after a long gap, as hot and humid weather for the last few days was irritating,” said Dipali Bharde, a home-maker from Mayur colony.

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