Overnight rain and hail in isolated places on Sunday brought down the minimum temperature in Delhi to 17°C, the lowest this season, according to the India Meteorological Department (IMD). The forecast showed minimum temperatures are likely to further drop in coming days with another spell of light rain likely by the end of the week.
“Isolated hailstorm also occurred over parts of central and south Delhi, and over Ferozpur, Sirsa, Kurukshetra and Fatehabad with gusty winds up to 85 kmph over Kaithal. Delhi recorded 4.4mm rainfall at Safdarjung till 8.30am on Sunday, 5.8mm at Lodhi Road, and 0.8mm at Delhi Ridge, as per IMD.
An IMD official said very light to light rainfall was observed at a few places with thunderstorms and lightning over Delhi during the intervening night of Saturday and Sunday. The event may be attributed to a feeble western disturbance in middle and upper tropospheric levels and lower level moisture feed from the Arabian Sea,” said an IMD official.
The minimum temperature in the coming days may drop further to 15-17°C, according to the IMD forecast.
An AQI between zero and 50 is considered “good”, 51 and 100 “satisfactory”, 101 and 200 “moderate”, 201 and 300 “poor”, 301 and 400 “very poor”, and 401 and 500 “severe”, according to the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB). “The next light rainfall spell is likely to occur during 29-30 October,” said the official.
