New Delhi, Overnight rains brought relief to the national capital on Thursday as the temperatures came down a few notches, the Met office said.
“The minimum temperature in the morning was recorded at 24.2 degrees Celsius, four notches below the season’s average,” an India Meteorological Department (IMD) official said.
The maximum temperature was expected to hover around 35 degrees Celsius.
The MeT predicted more thundershowers during the day. “The sky will be generally cloudy with moderate rain and thundershowers. Storms with gusty winds were also likely,” the official said.
There was 20.4 mm of rainfall recorded in the last 24 hours. The humidity at 8.30 a.m. was 91 per cent.
Wednesday’s maximum temperature settled at 37.5 degrees Celsius, the season’s average, while the minimum temperature was recorded at 28 degrees, two notches below the season’s averag
