Overcast skies, rise in minimum temp in city

NEW DELHI: A day after receiving its highest rainfall on a January day in the past one decade, the national Capital witnessed overcast skies with the minimum temperature registering a slump and settling at 13.4 degrees, five degrees above the season’s average.

According to a senior Railway official, 35 north-bound trains were running late, while 17 other were rescheduled and one cancelled due to bad weather. The Safdarjung observatory, considered the official figure for the city, recorded rainfall measuring 30.3 mm till 8.30 am on Friday in the last 24 hours, which is the highest in a January day in last 10 years, IMD officials said.

“The city had last time recorded heavy rainfall measuring 21 mm on January 18, 2013,” Ravinder Vishen, head of IMD’S Regional Weather Forecasting Centre, said.

Areas under Palam, Lodhi Road, Ridge and Ayanagar recorded 35 mm, 31.4 mm, 36.1 mm and 33.8 mm rains, respectively, in 24 hours since 8.30 am on Thursday, the official said.

The maximum temperature settled at 20.1 degrees, two notches below the normal.

The humidity oscillated between 100 and 62 per cent.

The MET office has forecast partly cloudy skies for Saturday.

“The skies will be partly cloudy. Shallow to moderate fog will occur in the morning. The maximum and minimum temperatures are likely to hover around 22 and 9 degrees Celsius, respectively,” the weatherman said.