Delhiites woke up to a pleasant morning on Saturday with the minimum temperature settling at 19 degrees Celsius, one notch below normal for this time of the year.
“At 8.30 am , the minimum temperature was recorded at 19 degrees Celsius, which is one notch below average, and humidity was recorded at 48 per cent,” an MeT official said. The warmness in city environment was due to less wind speed which was recorded 0.8 meter per second in the various locations of the city. While maximum temperature in various locations in city was fluctuated between 33 degree Celsius to 40 degree.
The maximum temperature in lodhi colony , Akshardham , Pitampura and in Yamuna Complex area was 39.4, 38.9, 39.6 and 38.9 degree respectively. The weatherman predicted partly cloudy sky for Saturday and haze at some pockets of the city in early morning on Sunday.”The maximum and minimum temperatures for the day are likely to be 36 and 21 degrees Celsius respectively,” the official added.
Weather experts also said that due to less rainfall during the initial month of the year, the temperature in April month is unusual while there is predication of light thunderstorm in mid April. On Friday, maximum and minimum temperatures were recorded at 35.4 and 18.8 degrees Celsius and humidity during the day oscillated between 27 and 71 per cent.