Day after hailstorm, Delhi sees respite from heat as maximum temperature drops to 34.7°C

The maximum temperature dropped 5.5 notches below the season's average.

A day after gusty winds, rain and hailstorm pounded the national capital, the maximum temperature dipped to 34.7 degrees Celsius in Delhi on Thursday, bringing some much needed respite from sweltering heat.

The maximum temperature dropped 5.5 notches below the season's average. The maximum temperature recorded on Wednesday was 40.7 degrees Celsius, according to PTI.

Meanwhile, the minimum temperature was registered at 20.8 degrees Celsius, 5.9 degrees below normal, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) said.

Other monitoring stations in Delhi also recorded a dip in maximum temperatures, with Palam and Lodhi Road registering 33.8 degrees Celsius each, followed by 34.8 degrees Celsius in Ridge, and 34.2 degrees Celsius in Aya Nagar, IMD said.

The weather department has also forecast a thunderstorm with rain for Friday, with the maximum temperature likely to be around 37 degrees Celsius and the minimum temperature expected to be around 23 degrees Celsius.

Hailstorm in Delhi-NCR

A hailstorm accompanied by heavy rain and wind speeds reaching up to 79 kilometre per hour lashed Delhi-NCR on Wednesday evening, leaving three people dead and 11 others injured.

Several billboards, trees and poles were uprooted in Delhi and Noida leading to traffic woes.

The IMD said on Wednesday that a cyclonic circulation over Haryana and its neighbouring areas, embedded in an east-west trough extending from Punjab to Bangladesh in the lower tropospheric levels, is influencing the weather. Moisture is being fed into the system from both the Arabian Sea and the Bay of Bengal, it added.

Meanwhile, humidity levels during the day ranged between 69 and 51 per cent.