Delhi is expected to witness more rainfall till July 3 as monsoon arrived in Delhi on Thursday, a day ahead of the expected date, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) said on Friday.

“Till July 3rd there is going to be moderate rainfall in the NCR belt. However, from July 4 onwards, the density of monsoon clouds will weaken and be followed by a dry spell for few days,” an IMD official said.  Meanwhile, with rain the humidity level also shoot up to 90 per cent even as the mercury settled at a notch below normal.

“The maximum temperature on Friday was recorded at 35.6 degrees Celsius, a notch below normal while the minimum settled at 27.9 degrees Celsius, normal for this time of the year,” a Meteorological official said.

The humidity levels oscillated between 90 and 59 per cent. While the Safdarjung observatory recorded 8.4 mm rainfall, traces of rain were recorded by the Palam observatory. The lodhi Road and Aya Nagar observatory recorded 4.7 mm and 10.4 mm rainfall respectively.

Delhi enjoyed its first monsoon showers on Thursday, with 20.4 mm rainfall that sent the mercury down a few notches below the average.

The maximum temperature was 35.2 degrees Celsius, two degrees below average, while the minimum was 24.2 degrees Celsius, which is four degrees below average.

According to private weather forecasting agency Skymet, spells of rain and thunder shower would occur in Delhi and its nearby areas.

IMD has predicted “isolated heavy rainfall” in Jammu and Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Punjab and Haryana, and “isolated heavy to very heavy rainfall” in eastern Rajasthan.