It was a mainly clear Sunday morning here with the minimum temperature recorded at 26.3 degrees Celsius, one notch below the season’s average, the weather office said, adding that heatwave conditions were likely to persist in the national capital.
“Heatwave conditions are very likely to persist in some parts of the city,” an India Meteorological Department (IMD) official said.
The maximum temperature is likely to hover around 45 degrees Celsius. The humidity at 8.30 a.m. was 26 per cent.
Saturday’s maximum temperature was recorded at 45 degree Celsius, five notches above the season’s average while the minimum temperature was recorded 24.5 degrees Celsius, two notches below the season’s average.
Earlier in the week, the IMD had released a forecast, predicting Sunday’s maximum temperature at 47 degrees Celsius.
IMD forecast:
27th May
Min temp-26.0
Max temp- 47.0
Weather- Heat Wave
28th May
Min temp- 24.0
Mav temp- 44.0
Weather- Heat Wave
29th May
Min temp- 26.0
MAx temp- 44.0
Weather- Partly cloudy sky with possibility of development of thunder lightning
30th May
Min temp-27.0
Max temp- 42.0
Weather- Partly cloudy sky with possibility of rain or Thunderstorm
31st May
Min temp- 27.0
Max temp- 42.0
Weather- Partly cloudy sky with Thundery development