A few areas of the national Capital recorded moderate rainfall during the afternoon hours of Wednesday. With this rain, Delhiites got respite from the hot and humid weather. The Indian Meteorological Department has said that monsoon which was running behind schedule, has gathered momentum and can arrive in Delhi by June 30.
While for the last 48 hours, Delhiites have been battling extremely high levels of humidity along with temperature of near 40 degree Celsius, rain on Wednesday brought big relief to the city’s people.
Most parts of the National Capital Region (NCR), like Noida, Faridabad, and Gurugram observed moderate showers that kept on lashing the region for a good two to three hours. The Palam observatory during the same time recorded 6 mm of rain.
The Safdarjung observatory, recording of which is considered official for the city, received 15.6 mm rains till 5.30 pm while areas under Palam, lodhi Road, Ridge and Ayanagar recorded 5.8, 16, 1.2 and 0.7 mm rainfall, respectively, said a MeT Department official.
The maximum temperature settled at 35 degrees, two notches below the season's average while the minimum temperature was recorded at 28 degrees, normal for this time of the year.
The humidity level oscillated between 100 and 65 per cent. The MeT has forecast one or two spells of rain and thundershowers in some areas for Thursday.
"The maximum and minimum temperatures are likely to hover at 32 and 26 degrees, respectively," the weatherman said.
On Tuesday, the maximum and minimum temperatures had settled at 39.4 and 30.5 degrees.