Continuous flow of moist westerly-southwesterly winds from the Arabain Sea that are penetrating upto North India have made the weather in Delhi pleasantly cool. These moist winds have been displacing hot and dry northwesterly winds to bring rain in Delhi, Haryana and Rajasthan. Maximum temperatures have dipped considerably at these places.
Maximum temperature in Delhi on Friday recorded three degrees below normal at 36.4⁰C as opposed to 41⁰C on Thursday and 43.6⁰C on Wednesday. With a marginal rise, the maximum settled at 37.1⁰C on Saturday. Further forecasts suggest, the mercury could rise further, to settle around 39⁰C on Sunday.
Meanwhile, mercury dipped in the hottest belt of India, Rajasthan. Here the maximums are currently settling between 37⁰C and 41⁰C, as opposed to 47⁰C in the last few days. Capital city of Jaipur on Friday recorded a high of 40.5⁰C which was just about a degree above normal.
However, nights and early morning hours remain hot in entire northwest plains due to high humidity. Minimums in Delhi, Haryana and Rajasthan are recording as high 31⁰C on an average. Bikaner on Sunday observed the warmest morning at 32⁰C.
“Barring pockets of extreme west Rajasthan, such as Barmer and Jaisalmer, temperatures in Delhi and entire northwest plains will not rise and settle in the mid forties as it did in the last few weeks. Half the month of June is over and within few weeks, monsoon may come knocking”, says meteorologist, Samar Chaudhury.
On Saturday, Delhi received good showers of 6.2 mm at the Palam station, whereas light rain of 2.6 mm occurred at Safdarjung. On Friday rain remained light at the both the stations, recording only around 1 mm. Rain at other places were: Amabala and Karnal in Haryana, of 5.5 mm and 2.8 mm respectively.
It could be more than three weeks before the monsoon arrives in North India, but the news of rain at some places including Delhi sets off a period of keen expectancy.