The city recorded a minimum of 18.6 degrees Celsius and a maximum of 33 degrees Celsius, two degrees above normal, the highest so far this season, the meteorological department said.
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Most parts of Punjab and Haryana on Wednesday received showers, leading to a sharp decline in the mercury, the Meteorological Department said here on Wednesday.
A 12-year-old boy died and two children were injured as a wall of a school building collapsed in Chhajarsi colony of Noida Phase 3 late on Friday night, after heavy rainfall in the area.
Rains lashed the national capital all through the day on Friday, affecting traffic movement with visibility dropping considerably in the afternoon due to dense clouds. Some parts also witnessed heavy rains along with thunderstorms.
Overcast skies took over Thursday evening in Delhi as rains lashed parts of the national capital accompanied with gusty winds and thunderstorms.
Thundershowers lashed Delhi and parts of the National Capital Region (NCR) on Saturday evening, Earlier, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) had predicted moderately cloudy skies, strong surface winds along with very light rain and hail at isolated places.
The MeT department on Monday forecast light to moderate rain in West Bengal for the next two to three days.
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The National capital, Delhi on Wednesday recorded a minimum temperature of 6.4 degrees Celsius, a notch below the season's average and humidity were recorded at 100 percent.
Most parts of the state, including Kufri and Manali, reeled under biting cold at sub-zero temperatures, with Lahaul and Spiti district's administrative centre Keylong recording the lowest temperature at minus 14.3 degrees Celsius, the Meteorological Centre said.
The Safdarjung observatory received 6 mm rainfall, Palam observatory recorded 5.3 mm while the the Ridge area received 6.8 mm rainfall. The rainfall recorded at Lodhi Road and Aya Nagar observatories was 10 mm and 5.6 mm respectively.
India is witnessing a chilly New Year with the hills of North India receiving a fresh spell of rain and snow. The national capital, which recorded the lowest maximum of the century on December 30, is predicted to get light to moderate rainfall because of the effect of an active western disturbance.
It said that in north India, rainstorms have become 50 per cent more common and 80 per cent longer. "The trend of more unpredictable and extreme rainfall in India reflects what climate scientists predict will happen due to climate change, particularly if emissions do not fall. Another study found that monsoon rainfall will become more unpredictable, with variability increasing up to 50 per cent this century if emissions continue to rise," it said.
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Rains and snowfall in several parts of Jammu and Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh and Uttarakhand on Saturday pulled the mercury down in the region. In Delhi, the maximum temperature dropped by four notches at 19.2 degrees Celsius. The minimum was recorded at 9.7 degrees Celsius.
Punjab and Haryana's joint capital Chandigarh, which received rains for the second consecutive day, recorded a low of 13.1 degrees Celsius, a Meteorological Department official said.
Overnight rains in Delhi that continued till Friday morning, bought down the mercury and led to a significant improvement in the city's air quality. The national capital, which received 33.5 millimetres of rain since Thursday, recorded a minimum temperature of 12.8 degrees Celsius.
According to the Safdarjung observatory, reading of which is considered official for the city, 1.9 mm of rainfall was recorded till 8.30 pm. Meanwhile, the Met department said Delhi recorded a low of 12.8 degrees Celsius and a high of 21.5 degrees Celsius on Thursday.
At 4 pm, the air quality index (AQI) of Delhi was recorded at 429. Delhi's suburbs, Ghaziabad (467), Noida (434), Greater Noida (423), Faridabad (410) and Gurgaon (395), also breathed extremely polluted air on Thursday.
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