Light and heavy rain lashed several areas of Delhi-NCR on Thursday morning bringing down the minimum temperature to 27.1 degrees Celsius.
However, some parts of the national capital witnessed water-logging after the rainfall.
As per India Meteorological Department (IMD), the city is expected to experience a cloudy sky with light to moderate rain and thundershowers on Thursday.
The maximum and minimum temperatures will hover around 36.4°C and 27.1°C respectively, one notch below the season’s average.
“A moderate/intense cloud patch is passing across the #DelhiNCR, which is very likely to cause light to moderate rain with few spells of intense rain over Delhi-NCR and adjoining areas during the next 2 hours,” IMD said in a tweet at 10:35 AM today.
The weather department further said that thunderstorms with light to moderate intensity rain would occur over and adjoining areas of isolated places of Delhi.
Earlier on Wednesday, a cloudy sky with a cool breeze brought respite from the heat in the capital, as the maximum temperature settled at 36.4 °C degrees Celsius.
The monsoon arrived in the national capital on Sunday, two days before its scheduled onset, bringing respite to Delhiites from the scorching heat.
Water-logging has been reported from several areas in the national capital and Noida. An ‘orange’ alert has also been issued in the city by the weather department.
