Mercury to hover around 41°C, rain likely later this week

NEWDELHI: It was a comparatively cooler weekend as the temperature remained below 40° Celsius for the second consecutive day. The maximum temperature on Sunday settled at 39.7°Celsius and the minimum temperature was 27.7.

The Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) said that the maximum temperature on Sunday was a notch below the season’s normal. It was also slightly above Saturday’s temperature, where t he maximum was recorded at 38.3°Celsius, two degrees below the season’s normal, while the minimum settled at 26.6°Celsius, a degree below normal.

The weathermen said that in the next three days, the maximum temperature is likely to hover around 40°Celsius with partly cloudy sky. Last week, temperature in the city did not come down below 43 throughout the week.

According to the IMD, on Wednesday the maximum temperature is likely to hit 41°Celsius with chances of “dust or thunderstorms”, before the temperature goes down.

“There are chances of rain with winds on Thursday, and on Friday and Saturday it is likely to remain cloudy,” a senior official of the IMD said.