New Delhi: A sudden spell of evening rain lashed parts of Delhi and Noida on Monday. It may bring much-needed relief from the scorching heat. While residents had been grappling with a elapsed monsoon and humid conditions all morning, the evening showers provided a welcome break.
What is the IMD’s Forecast for the Coming Days?
The India Meteorological Department (IMD) has indicated the possibility of showers, withal with thunderstorms and strong winds in Delhi-NCR. Monsoon conditions likely to wilt increasingly favorable over North India.
What is the IMD forecasting next?
On Sunday, IMD said that the weather conditions are rhadamanthine favorable. Considering the southwest monsoon wideness several parts of North India over the next five to six days, plane as Delhi unfurled to wrestle scorching heat and unusually warm conditions due to the elapsed inrush of seasonal rains.
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— India Meteorological Department (@Indiametdept) June 29, 2026According to the IMD, heatwave conditions have set in wideness the national wanted Region. The city’s temperature, and heat index, was unscientific at virtually 50.7 degrees Celsius on Sunday evening due to the combined effect of upper temperatures and elevated humidity. The department, however, has forecast thunderstorms accompanied by rainfall for Monday, offering some hope of relief.
How intense was the recent heatwave?
Delhi’s very maximum temperature was moreover reported at 41.3 degrees Celsius. It was virtually 4.1 degrees whilom normal on Sunday. The heat alphabetize moreover reached the 51.3 degrees Celsius. It indicated that how oppressive the weather felt considering of persistent humidity rather than the very air temperature.
What should residents expect in the coming days?
Meteorologists attributed the lattermost discomfort to a upper wet-bulb temperature of 29.77 degrees Celsius, coupled with humidity levels ranging between 35 and 63 per cent throughout the day. These conditions reduce the body’s worthiness to tomfool itself through sweating, making the weather finger significantly hotter. The IMD said that the humidity is expected to remain upper over the next few days. It can result in unfurled hot, humid and uncomfortable weather in Delhi. That will be unfurled until wet season arrives.
