Pre-monsoon showers in the national capital

Parts of the national capital received light to moderate pre-monsoon rains Thursday.

"Thunderstorm with light to moderate intensity rain would occur over and adjoining areas of few places of New Delhi (ITO, Rajeev chauk, President House, India Gate, Budha Jayanti Park) Baraut, Bijnaur, Khatauli, Sakoti Tanda, Kithor, Narora, Debai," tweeted the India Meteorological Department (IMD).

While the minimum temperature in Delhi was recorded at 26.2 degrees Celsius, two notches below the normal, the maximum temperature is expected to settle around 37 degrees Celsius.


The relative humidity at 8.30 am was 68 per cent.

The maximum and minimum temperature on Wednesday were 26.2 degrees and 34.2 degrees Celsius, respectively.