Weather in Delhi has been comfortably hot so far this summer as the maximum exceeded the 40⁰C mark only in the first week of May. Day temperatures in Delhi and North India have been settling in the thirties consistently for the last ten days and according to latest weather update by Skymet Meteorology Division in India, this trend could continue for another two to three days, thanks to strong northwesterly winds which will keep the mercury levels in check.
Despite the harsh sun and clear skies, maximum temperature in the capital city Delhi once again recorded below 40⁰C on Saturday, touching 36.9⁰C (two degrees below normal). Maximum temperature in other cities in North India, looked like this: Hisar 37.1⁰C (one degree below normal), Amritsar 34.4⁰C (five degrees below normal) and Jaipur 38.9⁰C (two degrees below normal).
“Northwesterly winds are quite strong, of up to 30 kmph, which will not allow the day temperatures to rise above the otherwise very normal figure of 40⁰C, till the 22nd or 23rd of May. And not just that, these winds will also keep the weather in North India quite pleasant during the mornings, as the minimums will hover around 23⁰C to 25⁰C” says Samar Chaudhury of Skymet Meteorology Division in India.
Meanwhile, pleasant May days are in the offing for South India too. This region after having received torrential rains in the last few days (due to the low pressure system near Sri Lanka), had turned dry and hot. But weather gods were kind enough to not let that happen for too long. Just as predicted, after a break of about one week in the pre-monsoon showers, weather in South India will once again turn cool, cloudy and rainy.
A weather system (a wind discontinuity), extending from Central India to south Kerala is expected to bring light to moderate pre-monsoon rain to Kerala, and light scattered thundershowers to Karnataka and Tamil Nadu. In the last 24 hours, the weather in South India remained mostly dry, with only Bangalore having received the highest amount of rain in India on Saturday, of about 6 mm.
Though, other regions of India might not be that lucky in terms of rain. Barring isolated pockets of Vidarbha and Chhattisgarh, where rainfall of insignificant amounts could occur, entire Central India is expected to remain dry and hot with maximums in the mid-forties this week. Weather in Northeast India would also see similar conditions, as the rain intensity will reduce considerably here.
On Saturday evening, Guwahati in Assam received 2 mm of rainfall, whereas Solapur and Nagpur in Vidarbha, received 0.2 and 0.1 mm of rainfall.
