New Delhi: Light rain hit components of Delhi on Sunday, bringing down the utmost temperature 10 notches beneath the season’s common to twenty-eight.7 levels Celsius, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) mentioned. The IMD’s Safdarjung observatory recorded 0.3 mm rainfall whereas these at Palam and Lodhi Road reported traces between 8.30 am and 5.30 pm.
The nationwide capital recorded a minimal temperature of twenty-two.8 levels Celsius, a notch beneath the season’s common.
The relative humidity oscillated between 71 and 56 per cent, the IMD mentioned.
The climate workplace has forecast typically cloudy skies for Monday with very gentle rain and thundershowers, accompanied by gusty winds reaching speeds as much as 25-35 kilometres per hour.
The most and minimal temperatures are prone to hover round 28 and 21 levels Celsius, respectively, the IMD added.
On Saturday, the minimal temperature settled at 22.2 levels Celsius whereas the utmost temperature was recorded at 33. 1 levels.
With no heatwave and highest rainfall since 2017, Delhi noticed nice climate in AprilÂ
Delhi skilled cooler temperatures in April in comparison with the extreme warmth it confronted within the month final 12 months, with frequent western disturbances resulting in extra rainfall and below-normal common most temperature. The metropolis recorded a mean most temperature of 35.32 levels Celsius in April, equal to that logged within the month in 2020, and the bottom since 2015 (34.5 levels Celsius), in keeping with the IMD.
On common, town logs a most temperature of 36.5 levels Celsius in April.
On Sunday, the nationwide capital registered a most temperature of 28.7 levels Celsius, the bottom within the month since April 4, 2015, when the mercury settled at 26 levels Celsius.
At the start of April, the IMD had predicted above-normal temperatures in most components of the nation barring some components of northwest India.
The main climate station within the nationwide capital, Safdarjung Observatory, additionally didn’t log any heatwave day.
Last 12 months, town noticed 9 heatwave days in April, together with 4 within the first 10 days, the very best within the month since 2010.
Kuldeep Srivastava, the top of the IMD’s regional forecasting centre, mentioned 5 western disturbances (WDs), together with two robust ones, stored temperatures in verify in northwest India, together with Delhi.
Usually, Delhi data three to 4 WDs, that are one of many main sources of precipitation within the pre-monsoon season (March to May) in northwest India, in April.
The WDs yielded 20.1 mm of rainfall in Delhi within the month, the very best after 26.9 mm recorded in 2017.
Srivastava mentioned one other WD will begin influencing climate within the plains of northwest beginning Monday.
The IMD had on Friday mentioned that northwest India is prone to report below-normal most temperature and warmth wave days in May.
