NCR Weather Update: Light To Moderate Rainfall With Gusty Winds In Delhi & Adjoining Areas Today

The weather-watching agency on Sunday predicted light to moderate intensity of rainfall in Delhi and its adjoining areas. Rainfall is expected to be accompanied by gusty winds.

A woman walks on the Kartavya Path on a hot summer day, in New Delhi

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India Meteorological Department (IMD) forecasted light to moderate intensity of rainfall to be accompanied by gusty winds over most places of Delhi and its adjoining areas on Sunday. The weather forecasting agency said that the gusty winds with the speed of 30-50 km/hr will be blowing over and adjoining areas of most places of Delhi including Safdarjung, Lodi Road, IGI Airport, and Ayannagar, most places of NCR including Loni Dehat, Bahadurgarh, Ghaziabad, Indirapuram, Chhapraula, Noida, Dadri, Greater Noida, Gurugram, Faridabad, Manesar, Ballabgarh. The prediction has also been made for parts of Haryana. 

"Thunderstorm with light to moderate intensity rain and gusty winds with speed of 30-50 Km/h would occur over and adjoining areas of most places of Delhi (Safdarjung, Lodi Road, IGI Airport, Ayanagar), NCR (Loni Dehat, Bahadurgarh, Ghaziabad, Indirapuram, Chhapraula, Noida, Dadri, Greater Noida, Gurugram, Faridabad, Manesar, Ballabhgarh) Sonipat, Rohtak, Kharkhoda, Charkhi Dadri, Mattanhail, Jhajjar, Farukhnagar, Kosali, Sohana, Palwal, Nuh, Aurangabad (Haryana)," the weather agency informed in a statement.

Dadri, Greater Noida, Gurugram, Faridabad, Manesar, Ballabhgarh) Sonipat, Rohtak, Kharkhoda, Charkhi Dadri, Mattanhail, Jhajjar, Farukhnagar, Kosali, Sohana, Palwal, Nuh, Aurangabad (Haryana) Gulaoti, Sikandrabad, Bulandshahar, Jahangirabad, Shikarpur, Khurja, Pahasu,

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The agency added that some parts of Uttar Pradesh and Rajasthan are also expected to receive moderate-intensity rain on Sunday. It said, "Gulaoti, Sikandrabad, Bulandshahar, Jahangirabad, Shikarpur, Khurja, Pahasu, Debai, Gabhana, Jattari, Atrauli, Khair, Aligarh (U.P.) Bhiwari, Tizara (Rajasthan) during the next 2 hours."

'Never Seen This Type Of Weather': Delhiites React To Coolest May In 36 Years

In a respite to the people in Delhi, the national capital recorded its coolest May in 36 years with excess rainfall which brought the average maximum temperature down to 36.8 degrees Celsius this time, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) said on Wednesday. Kuldeep Srivastava, the head of the regional forecasting centre of IMD, said Delhi had recorded an average maximum temperature of 36 degrees Celsius in May 1987, as reported by news agency PTI.

"The average maximum temperature of 36.8 degrees Celsius in May this year is the lowest since then," he said, as quoted by PTI.

Reacting to the change in weather conditions in the national capital, a resident said this is happening due to climate change and this type of weather has never been seen before. "This is due to climate change. I have never seen this type of weather earlier. Now we are thinking will it rain in July and August," said Bhushan Narula, a local, as quoted by ANI.