NEW DELHI: The city recorded yet another warm day on Thursday with the mercury hovering around the 40-degree mark.
The weather, however, changed late night after high wind and light rain hit Delhi-NCR.
Track the pollution level in your cityIndia Meteorological Department has forecast a spell of light to moderate showers from June 12 to June 16.
Met officials said there was also a probability that monsoon showers might hit Delhi during this period.
Kuldeep Srivastava, scientist at IMD, said the southwest monsoon was progressing faster than normal.
“There is a probability that it could reach Delhi by the end of the week, however, we will know better in the next few days.
Light to moderate activity will be seen in Delhi from June 12 until June 16 with gusty winds of around 30-40 km/hr expected on both June 12 and 13,” said Srivastava.
There is also a possibility of very light rain on Friday.
While the maximum could remain around 39 to 40 degrees Celsius, it is expected to drop to around 38 degrees Celsius by Saturday and 35 degrees Celsius by Sunday.
The hottest location in Delhi on Thursday was Najafgarh at 41.6 degrees Celsius.
Safdarjung, Delhi’s base station, recorded a maximum of 39.8 degrees Celsius.
Delhi’s air quality improved from the ‘very poor’ category to the ‘poor’ category with an overall air quality index of 221 recorded on Thursday.