Delhiites woke up to a sunny morning with the minimum temperature settling at 26.3 degrees Celsius, five notches above the season’s average while maximum temperature was 40.2.There was dust and haze in the early hours, a Met department official said. Humidity was recorded at 43 per cent at 8.30 am.
The Met office has predicted partly cloudy skies for the rest of the day. “The skies will be partly cloudy. The maximum temperature is likely to hover at 41 degrees,” said weather expert.
At the Palam observatory, the maximum temperature was recorded at 40.2 degrees Celsius, four notches above the season’s average. The humidity levels oscillated between 65 and 22 per cent.
According to Delhi climate experts, the maximum temperature will remain same in this week however there are chances of light shower with thunder storm in next week. The constancy in maximum temperature is due to nil rainfall in the initial months of this year, said IMD official RK Vishen, Group Captain, Delhi Wing.
On Tuesday, the maximum temperature was recorded at 40.6 degrees Celsius while the minimum temperature settled at 28.5 degrees.