Predicting the fresh spells of rain to continue in the northern region of the country, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) issued a 'Yellow' alert across five north Indian states.
According to IMD, rainfall is expected in parts of Uttarakhand, Himachal Pradesh, Haryana, Punjab and Uttar Pradesh.
Strong Western disturbances active over north India have resulted in rainfall and hail storms in the plains and the hill state of Himachal Pradesh.
Two Western disturbances, a cyclonic circulation over Haryana and its neighbourhood, south Pakistan, and an induced cyclonic circulation over northwest Rajasthan, have triggered a significant drop in mercury.
Rainfall in Delhi
A day after heavy rain lashed many parts of Delhi, the maximum temperature on Tuesday settled at 28.3 degrees Celsius, 11 notches below normal, the weather office said.
Monday was the second coolest day of May in 13 years when the maximum temperature was registered at 26.1 degrees Celsius, 13 degrees below average for this time of the year.
Tuesday was the third day on the trot when the maximum temperature settled at 10 degrees below normal during the summer season, which generally sees the mercury soaring during the month.
The India Meteorological Department (IMD) had forecast thundershowers and gusty winds earlier in the the day in the city.
Delhi recorded 14.8 mm of rain on Monday while the minimum temperature was recorded at 19.6 degrees Celsius, five notches below normal.
On Tuesday, the minimum temperature settled at 19.3 degrees Celsius.
The relative humidity oscillated between 76 per cent and 87 per cent, the IMD said.
The wet spell is likely to continue for two more days owing to western disturbances, officials said on Monday.
On Tuesday, the Air Quality Index (AQI) in Delhi was 'satisfactory', recording a reading of 77 at 8 PM.
An AQI between zero and 50 is considered 'good', 51 and 100 'satisfactory', 101 and 200 'moderate', 201 and 300 'poor', 301 and 400 'very poor', and 401 and 500 'severe'.
Fresh rainfall on Monday further dropped the temperature to 25.7 degrees Celsius.
Temperature dops across northern region
Neighbouring states, including Punjab and Haryana, have been experiencing a nip in the air and pleasant weather with a drop in the temperature, even during the day.
One of the hottest places in Haryana, Hisar, has also reported a drop in temperatures. While the normal temperature during May 2022 was 47.5 degrees Celsius, this year, it has not climbed 30 degrees Celsius.
The IMD official said that temperatures will start rising after May 14 and are likely to result in heatwave conditions in many places.
(With PTI Inputs)
The power consumption in these states has also been reduced and there were no reports of unannounced power cuts.a
