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New Delhi: The capital experienced a partly cloudy sky with another dry and warm day. The daytime temperatures dropped slightly and are expected to decrease further on Sunday. At the city's base weather station, Safdarjung, the maximum temperature was recorded at 39.
5 degrees Celsius, down from 41 degrees a day earlier. The minimum temperature was recorded at 25.8 degrees Celsius, slightly higher than the previous day's 25.
6 degrees Celsius. Humidity levels oscillated between 32-65%, while the city experienced easterly winds up to 10 kmph. Although the India Meteorological Department (IMD) had forecast very light rain or drizzle with thunderstorms and gusty winds up to 60 kmph, no rain was recorded on Saturday until late evening.
In the past 24 hours, from 8:30 pm Friday to 8:30 am Saturday, rainfall was recorded in various areas: Ridge (4.6 mm), Najafgarh (2.7 mm), Pusa and Pitampura (1 mm each), and Mayur Vihar (0.
5 mm). IMD forecasts that Sunday's maximum and minimum temperatures will range between 37-39 degrees Celsius and 25-27 degrees Celsius, respectively. Temperatures are expected to rise to 38-40 degrees Celsius on Monday.
The IMD has not issued any heatwave warning for the next six days. "A fall by 2-4°C in maximum temperatures during the next 48 hours and a rise by 02-03°C thereafter over Delhi," IMD predicted. Sunday is expected to have a partly cloudy sky with surface winds of 10-20 kmph.
The air quality improved from poor to moderate, with the air quality index measuring 165 on a scale of 0 to 400, compared to 219 a day earlier..
