By India Today News Desk: Several parts of Delhi-NCR received light showers and thunderstorms on Sunday as the weather in the region changed suddenly in the morning. Light rain in the area dropped the mercury to 27°C at 7 am. The national capital also witnessed cloudy skies and chilly winds.
The Indian Meteorological department this morning said that most parts of northern India would witness rainfall accompanied with thunderstorms in the next two hours.
“Thunderstorm with light to moderate intensity rain and gusty winds with speed of 30-50 Km/h would occur over and adjoining areas of most places of Delhi (Safdarjung, Lodi Road, IGI Airport, Ayanagar), NCR ( Loni Dehat, Bahadurgarh, Ghaziabad, Indirapuram, Chhapraula, Noida, Dadri, Greater Noida, Gurugram, Faridabad, Manesar, Ballabhgarh) Sonipat, Rohtak, Kharkhoda, Charkhi Dadri, Mattanhail, Jhajjar, Farukhnagar, Kosali, Sohana, Palwal, Nuh, Aurangabad (Haryana) Gulaoti, Sikandrabad, Bulandshahar, Jahangirabad, Shikarpur, Khurja, Pahasu, Debai, Gabhana, Jattari, Atrauli, Khair, Aligarh (UP) Bhiwari, Tizara (Rajasthan),” IMD said in a statement.
The IMD on Saturday had forecast partly cloudy skies in Delhi for Sunday. It predicted that the maximum and minimum temperatures would be around 37 degrees Celsius and 23 degrees Celsius respectively.
Delhi on Saturday recorded a maximum temperature of 36 degrees Celsius, four notches below the season’s average, according to the India Meteorological Department (IMD).
The city’s minimum temperature settled at 22.7 degrees Celsius, four notches below the season’s average, the weather department said.
(With PTI inputs)
