IMD Logs Zero Rain at Varanasi on Saturday; Partly Cloudy Spell Ahead

The India Meteorological Department’s Varanasi city sheet for station 42479, dated Saturday, 19 September 2026, logged 0.0 mm of rainfall in the 24 hours ending 0830 IST. Maximum temperature was 34.3°C, a departure of +0.7°C at the 1730 observation, while the minimum stood at 25.8°C, a departure of +0.5°C at 0830. Relative humidity was recorded at 70 percent at 1730 and 76 percent at 0830. Sunrise was listed at 05:46 and sunset at 17:58.

That dry stamp sits one day after Friday’s sheet had shown 28.8 mm on the same station. The Saturday reading does not cancel the earlier wet spell; it simply resets the past-24-hour column to zero and lifts the overnight low closer to the seasonal normal. For residents who still had damp courtyards from Friday’s rain, the official citywx line is a pause, not a drought forecast.

Near-term guidance on the same sheet keeps a partly cloudy bias. For 19 September the forecast text points to partly cloudy skies with one or two spells of rain or thundershowers, indicative temperatures around 35/26°C, and no warning. Sunday through Tuesday, 20 to 22 September, are marked partly cloudy around 36/26°C then 35/26°C, again without a warning banner. Wednesday and Thursday, 23 and 24 September, regain a chance of rain or thundershowers while highs stay near 35–36°C.

Humidity in the seventies after a zero-rain day is typical for late September in the middle Ganga plain, when the monsoon is thinning but not finished. The sheet’s “no warning” line matters for outdoor work and for agencies that schedule sewer or road cutting: it is not a clearance for every ward, only a statement that IMD has not raised a city-level weather alert on this product.

Readers comparing consecutive days should keep the station id fixed. Live Dalimss copy already carries Friday’s 28.8 mm stamp; Saturday’s 0.0 mm is a separate observation and should not be rewritten as a correction of Friday’s total. Maximums in the mid-thirties with partly cloudy skies match the climatology window for this week of September more closely than the cooler, wetter Friday overnight.

For Banaras households, the practical takeaway is short. Umbrellas may still be useful if an afternoon cell builds, but the official past-day column is dry, the overnight low is milder than Friday’s 23.0°C, and the mid-week rain chance returns only as a routine thundershower possibility, not as a named storm. This desk will refresh only when a later 42479 sheet changes rainfall, temperature or warning text.

Until then, Saturday’s record is simple and sourced: zero millimetres at 0830, 34.3°C high, 25.8°C low, humidity 70/76, sunrise 05:46, sunset 17:58, and a partly cloudy outlook without warning through the first half of the coming week.

Farmers and labour contractors who watch the 42479 sheet for afternoon planning should note that a zero-rain morning can still flip if a thundershower cell builds after 1500 IST; the forecast text already allows one or two spells on Saturday itself even while the past-day column stays dry.