At 32.4°C, Delhi recorded hottest day on Monday in the span of 10 years. Mercury settled eight degrees above the normal average temperature that stands 23.9°C for February.
Bright sunshine made the day uncomfortable, ushering in summer-like conditions. According to Skymet Weather, these warm weather conditions can be attributed to back to back Western Disturbances that have been affecting Jammu and Kashmir.
These systems had prevented the cold northwesterly winds from reaching up to plains of Northwest India including Delhi-NCR. As a result, mercury kept on rising gradually during the last one week.
Not only this, nights have been equally warmer that have also been settling well above normal. On Tuesday morning, Safdarjung Observatory recorded minimum temperature of 16.5°C, which was five degrees above normal.
However, we can expect drop in the mercury Tuesday onwards. As the Western Disturbance clears away the region, cold and dry northwesterly winds from snow-clad Himalayas will once again start blowing over the region.
With this, both day and night temperatures will plunge by 3-6 degrees in the coming days. However, winters will not make a comeback over Delhi now.
Till weekend, days will not be hot like last two days but will be comfortably warm.
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