Moderate to heavy rain lashed the national Capital on Friday, bringing the mercury down to below the 30 degrees Celsius mark and forcing humidity to soar to cent per cent levels. However, interestingly, Friday’s maximum temperature was just one degree higher than Thursday’s minimum — which was recorded at 28.9°C — a huge relief from the 40°C plus temperatures Delhiites had been reeling under for more than a week. According to the MeT Department, the day temperature was recorded at 29.9°C, which was five notches below normal for this part of the season. It was also a steep fall of 11.3 points from Thursday’s 41.2°C. According to a MeT official, 56.7 mm of rain was recorded in Delhi in the last 24 hours till 8.30 am on Friday, while 2.5 mm of rain was recorded between 8.30 am to 5.30 pm.
Friday’s minimum was 24.6°C, which was two notches below normal. The humidity levels were recorded between 82 per cent and 100 per cent during the day. The weatherman has predicted the maximum and minimum to be around 31 and 25°C respectively for tomorrow while rains and thunderstorms would occur in some areas.Bumper-to-bumper traffic was witnessed in ITO, laxmi Nagar, Kapashera, Badarpur, Rajghat to Shantivan and Wazirpur flyover.