Several areas in the national capital, including Janpath, Lajpat Nagar, and the Minto Bridge stretch, received rainfall on Thursday morning, a day after intense showers were recorded across the city.
The India Meteorological Department (IMD) has forecast light to moderate rainfall for parts of Delhi and the National Capital Region (NCR) during the day. According to the IMD, areas such as Bahadurgarh and Manesar are also likely to witness light thunderstorms accompanied by lightning.
In a post on X, the IMD said, “Light to moderate rainfall accompanied with light thunderstorm and lightning is very likely to occur at NCR (Bahadurgarh, Manesar). Light rainfall is very likely to occur at the entire Delhi, NCR (Loni Dehat, Hindon AF Station, Ghaziabad, Indirapuram, Chhapraula, Noida, Greater Noida, Gurugram, Faridabad, Ballabhgarh). Very light rainfall/drizzle is very likely to occur over the entire Delhi during the next 2 hours.”
Rainfall data between 8:30 am on Wednesday and 6:30 am on Thursday showed that Salwan Public School in East Delhi recorded 42 mm of rainfall, followed by Pusa in Central Delhi (40 mm), Sports Complex in New Delhi (38 mm), and Safdarjung (34 mm).
Other locations that received measurable rainfall included Najafgarh (23.5 mm), Pragati Maidan (22.1 mm), KV Narayana (20.5 mm), Lodi Road (18.5 mm), KV Janakpuri (18 mm), and Aya Nagar (13 mm).
The maximum and minimum temperatures in Delhi are expected to remain between 30 to 32 degrees Celsius and 23 to 25 degrees Celsius, respectively — up to four degrees below the seasonal average.