New Delhi: After some parts of Delhi and NCR received light showers on Saturday night giving a respite to people from the surging temperature, the national capital on Sunday recorded a minimum temperature of 28.7 degrees Celsius, two notches above the season's average, the India Meteorological Department said. Partly cloudy sky, thunderstorms, and light showers are expected over Delhi, Ghaziabad, Noida, and Gurugram regions in the next two days, the weather department said in its bulletin on Saturday.
According to the weather department, heatwave conditions are unlikely for the next five days in the national capital.
The weather office has predicted partly cloudy sky during the day and the maximum temperature is likely to settle around 41 degrees Celsius.
The humidity was 61 per cent at 8.30 am.
The city's air quality was recorded in the poor category on Sunday morning with the AQI clocking 287 at 8 am, the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) data showed.
An AQI between zero and 50 is considered good, 51 and 100 satisfactory, 101 and 200 'moderate, 201 and 300 poor, 301 and 400 very poor, and 401 and 500 severe.
Monsoon update
The southwest monsoon is expected to reach Kerala in two days marking a sluggish start to the seasonal rains that are the lifeline of India's agri-based economy.
Earlier, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) had forecast the onset over Kerala on Friday (May 27) with help from the remnants of Cyclone Asani, that struck the Bay of Bengal a fortnight ago. The forecast had a model error of four days.
However, the influence of the remnant weather systems, that lingered over the southern peninsula, petered out, dashing the forecast of early onset over Kerala and a swift progress towards the north, the IMD said.
(with PTI inputs)