By IANS
New Delhi : It was yet another pleasant day in the capital, even as the sun played hide and seek behind the clouds and Delhiites enjoyed springtime – mildly warm afternoon, cool morning and nippy evening Tuesday.
India Meteorological Department (IMD) has forecast thunderstorms Wednesday in Delhi. The maximum temperature Tuesday was above 30 degrees Celsius while the minimum temperature was a little more than 18.
According to the weather department, the maximum temperature would hover around 30 degrees Celsius till Friday.
Most parts of the northern India are also enjoying the warm weather, ahead of hot summer.
However, the weather department said rain or thundershowers were likely to hit Uttar Pradesh, Rajasthan, Gujarat and Madhya Pradesh during next two or three days from Tuesday.
The Met department also said scattered or fairly widespread rains or thundershowers were likely over south India till Friday.
Even the normally cold Srinagar Tuesday saw temperatures way above normal. The day’s high was 20 degrees Celsius, eight degrees above normal.
The following were the maximum and minimum temperatures and rainfall in major cities for the 24 hours till Monday morning, with figures in brackets denoting deviations from the average.
City Maximum Temperature Minimum Temperature Rainfall
(C) (C) (mm)
New Delhi 30.2(+2) 18.2(+4) Nil
Mumbai 31.6(+1) 23.3(+4) Nil
Chennai 33.0(+2) 22.5(+1) Nil
Kolkata 34.2(+1) 23.2(+3) Nil
Ahmedabad 36.4(+2) 22.2(+6) Nil
Bangalore 31.2(+1) 18.6(+1) Nil
Bhopal 36.1(+4) 2Nil(+4) Nil
Bhubaneshwar 35.3(+1) 23.5(+3) Nil
Chandigarh 29.0(+2) 17.0(+4) Nil
Dehradun 29.0(+4) 11.8(+1) Nil
Goa 31.9(0) 22.2(0) Nil
Guwahati 30.5(+2) 16.9(+2) Nil
Hyderabad 35.1(+1) 20.8(+2) Nil
Jaipur 31.0(+2) 19.2(+5) Nil
Lucknow 31.8(+1) 17.6(+4) Nil
Nagpur 37.5(+3) 2Nil(+2) Nil
Patna 32.2(+1) 17.3(0) Nil
Pune 35.1(0) 16.8(+3) Nil
Srinagar 20.4(+8) 4.5 (2) Nil
Thiruvananthapurm 32.7(+1) 25.3(+1) Nil