IMD Logs 34.4 mm Rain at Varanasi; Partly Cloudy Spell Continues

The India Meteorological Department’s Varanasi city sheet (station id 42479) for Thursday, 17 September 2026, logged 34.4 mm of rainfall in the past 24 hours ending 0830 IST. Maximum temperature stood at 33.5°C (departure +0.2°C at 1730) and minimum at 23.4°C (departure −1.9°C at 0830). Relative humidity was recorded at 95 percent at 1730 and 83 percent at 0830. Sunrise was listed at 05:45 and sunset at 18:00.

The near-term forecast on the same sheet for 17 to 19 September points to partly cloudy skies with one or two spells of rain or thundershowers, with indicative highs and lows around 34/26°C and no warning listed. For 20–21 September the sheet indicates partly cloudy conditions around 35/26°C; 22 September again carries a rain or thundershower chance. This Thursday sheet is distinct from earlier dry-day readings earlier in the month and should not be confused with those nil-rain stamps.

Local forecast talk has mentioned that monsoon withdrawal from Uttar Pradesh may begin after 19 September. That line is treated here as forecast discussion, not as a hard withdrawal stamp beyond what the city sheet itself prints. Readers who need official warning status should stay with the IMD sheet: no warning is listed through the weekend window covered above.

Thirty-four millimetres in a day is enough to wet roads, fill low drains and cool the afternoon, but it is not a flood bulletin on its own. The humidity figures — mid-90s by evening — explain why the air still felt heavy even after the shower. Partly cloudy with isolated thundershower chances is the working outlook for the next few days unless a later sheet revises it.

Varanasi’s September weather often flips between brief heavy bursts and sticky clear spells. The 17 September sheet captures one such burst: measurable rain, a near-normal high, a cooler-than-normal low, and no warning flag. For travellers and outdoor workers, that means carry a light cover for isolated spells and do not expect a dry-week guarantee through 22 September.

Temperature departures on the sheet are small on the high side and clearer on the low — a cooler night after rain is the pattern the numbers describe. Sunrise and sunset times help farmers and construction crews plan outdoor windows around the thundershower risk. None of that requires colouring the outlook beyond “partly cloudy with isolated rain or TS” and “no warning.”

Comparing this sheet with a dry earlier-September reading is useful only to stress the change: 34.4 mm is a real wet day on the citywx record, not a trace. The 17–19 September outlook keeps thundershower risk alive even as highs sit near 34°C. Weekend planners should treat “no warning” as the absence of a colour alert, not as a promise of dry roads through 22 September.

The official city weather page for station 42479 remains the primary source for updated numbers. This desk will not invent gauge readings or warning colours that the sheet does not show. For now, the stamp is 34.4 mm logged, 33.5/23.4°C, partly cloudy ahead, and no warning on the printed forecast.