Rain lashes parts of Delhi, cloudy day today

NEW DELHI: Heavy rain lashed parts of the national capital on Friday evening, resulting in water-logging and traffic jams in several areas.

NEW DELHI: Heavy rain lashed parts of the national capital on Friday evening, resulting in water-logging and traffic jams in several areas.

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The rain raised the level of humidity in the air which oscillated between 95% and 60%, the weather department said.

“The maximum temperature was recorded at 35.1 degrees Celsius, while the minimum settled at 26.8 degrees Celsius, both a notch above normal,” a Met official said.

The Safdarjung observatory recorded 14.8 mm of rain, while the reading at the Palam observatory was 18.2 mm.

However,the rainfall was not equally distributed. The north, south and the east received moderate to heavy rainfall while in other areas the rainfall was trace.

Stretches across ITO, Delhi Cantt, Dhaulakuan, Rajouri and Laxmi Nagar area saw witnessed traffic jam due to the water-logging.

The weatherman predicted a cloudy morning for Saturday with possibility of light rains towards the evening.

“T he skies will remain generally cloudy with rain thundershower likely to occur on Saturday,” said an official of the India Meteorological Department.

The temperature is likely to hover between 34 and 26 degrees Celsius, respectively.