Rain Brings Winter Feels in Delhi-NCR, Temperature Drops to 3 Degrees Below Season Average

Rain lashed parts of the national capital on late Monday bringing the mercury down to 30.5 degrees Celsius, three notches below the season’s average.

Rain, accompanied by thunder and lightning hit parts of Noida, Indirapuram, south Delhi and east Delhi. At least two flights were diverted from Delhi to Jaipur due to incessant rain.

Vice president (meteorology and climate change) of Skymet Weather, Mahesh Palawat said in an X (formerly Twitter) post that intense rain hail storms are “possible”.

“Heavy thunder and rain clouds moving across Delhi and NCR. From west to east. Intense rain and hail storms are possible. Take care.”

In another post, he noted that rain and cool winds have dropped Delhi’s maximum temperature by 5 degrees.

“From 36.5 to 30.5 in the last 24 hours. Minimum may also fall,” he said.

Meanwhile, the air quality index (AQI) on Monday was recorded in the moderate category at 200 by 7:00 pm.

An AQI between 0-50 is considered “good”, 51-100 “satisfactory”, 101-200 “moderate”, 201-300 “poor”, 301-400 “very poor” and 401-500 “severe”.

According to the Indian Meteorological Department (IMD), the air quality is likely to be in the moderate category on Tuesday, and poor on Wednesday and Thursday.

The weather department has predicted a generally cloudy sky with the possibility of light rain or thundershowers for Tuesday. The maximum and minimum temperatures are expected to be around 31 and 20 degrees Celsius, respectively.