After Monday ‘felt like’ 49.1 °C, city may see rain till July 10

New Delhi: The city saw hot and humid conditions Monday with heat index or ‘feels like’ temperature reaching 49.1 degrees Celsius at 2.30 pm. While a spell of light to moderate showers was predicted on Monday night, rain activity is likely to continue till July 10.IMD recorded the maximum temperature at 38.6 degrees Celsius, two notches above normal, the same as Sunday. However, due to high humidity, the heat index remained high during daytime. It was 48.7 degrees Celsius at 11.30am and rose slightly to 49.1 degrees Celsius at 2.30pm on Monday. “No significant change in temperature is expected over the next few days,” said a Met official. From 8.30am to 5.30pm, Naraina in South West Delhi logged 4 mm while Pusa received 1 mm of rainfall.

Safdarjung, the city’s base station, did not record any rainfall during this period.The maximum temperature is expected to remain between 35-37 degrees Celsius on Tuesday. IMD has placed a yellow alert for light to moderate rain on Tuesday. Some parts of the city had received an intense spell of rain on Sunday. Though the Met department said there are chances of light to very light rain from Wednesday to Friday, no colour-coded warning has been issued.

In July so far, Safdarjung has received 11.8 mm of rainfall as against the entire month’s normal of 209.7 mm. The monsoon arrived in Delhi on July 2.The minimum temperature on Monday was 27 degrees Celsius, one degree below normal. It was 29.2 degrees Celsius a day earlier. It is likely to remain between 26 and 28 degrees Celsius on Tuesday.Delhi’s air quality, meanwhile, improved to the ‘satisfactory’ range with an AQI of 94. It was 161 in the ‘moderate’ range a day earlier. “Rain on Sunday helped in settling down the pollutants,” said an official.An AQI reading between 0-50 is classified as ‘good’, 51-100 as ‘satisfactory’, 101-200 as ‘moderate’, 201-300 as ‘poor’, 301-400 as ‘very poor’, 401-450 as ‘severe’, and 451 and above as ‘severe plus.’