IMD predicts thunderstorms, lightning for Bengal, Bihar, Uttar Pradesh. What about Delhi?

Delhi experienced a pleasant change in weather with a maximum temperature falling to 35.2°C on Saturday following Friday's duststorm.

Published on: Apr 13, 2025, 07:18:54 IST

By Nikita Sharma

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A day after Delhi and nearby areas were battered by strong windstorm and light rain on Friday, the weather turned pleasant on Saturday. The maximum temperature of the national capital dropped to 35.2 degree Celsius, which is 0.9 notches below the season normal on Saturday. The minimum temperature was recorded at 19 degree Celsius, which is a two notches drop from normal.

For Sunday, the IMD has predicted that the maximum temperature in Delhi will settle between 36-38 degrees Celsius. (File/Hindustan Times)

At some observatories of the India Meteorological Department in Delhi, the maximum temperature dropped even below, with 32.2 degrees Celsius recorded at Rajghat and 33.5 degrees Celsius at Najafgarh. The lowest minimum temperature was recorded at Ridge at 17.6 degrees Celsius.

For Sunday, the IMD has predicted that the maximum temperature in Delhi will hover between 36-38 degree Celsius, while the minimum temperature might be recorded at 19-21 degree Celsius. The sky will be partly clouded in most parts of Delhi-NCR on Sunday, according to the IMD.

No heatwave conditions are predicted in Delhi till Tuesday (April 15). However, that might change from Wednesday.

After a heavy duststorm hit Delhi-NCR on Friday, two people died in separate incidents, including a 10-year-old girl and a 67-year-old man. While the girl died after a building parapet collapsed on her, the old man died after construction material fell off a roof on him, reported PTI.

Weather forecast across India

Parts of Assam and Meghalaya are very likely to witness heavy rainfall on Sunday. Thunderstorms accompanied by lightning and gusty winds reaching 50-60 kmph might batter isolated parts of Gangetic West Bengal. Similar weather is likely to be observed in parts of Jharkhand, Bihar, Madhya Pradesh, Assam, and Meghalaya.

Lightning along with gusty winds reaching the speed of 30-40 kmph is likely to hit parts of eastern Uttar Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, sub-Himalayan West Bengal, Sikkim, Odisha, Nagaland, Manipur, Mizoram, Tripura, Maharashtra, Kerala, coastal Andhra Pradesh, Telangana and Karnataka.

Heatwave conditions are very likely in parts of coastal Andhra Pradesh and Yanam on Sunday.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Nikita Sharma
Nikita Sharma is a Senior Content Producer with Hindustan Times. She is a Delhi-based digital journalist with five years of experience writing and editing news stories across beats including crime, politics, tech, trends and much more, both national and international. At Hindustan Times, she is part of the news team and focuses on breaking news, keeping a track of what is happening where, and chasing ever-developing news stories. She has a penchant for covering crime, geopolitics, and Indian politics with a keen eye for stories often overlooked in the daily news cycle. At Hindustan Times, she has extensively covered several key events including the US Presidential elections, Air India plane crash, Pahalgam terror attack and Operation Sindoor, US’ tariff war, and others. As a Delhi aficionado, she particularly enjoys roaming and writing about the national capital — its heritage, food, art and culture, and the many problems that come with it — the pollution, waterlogging, traffic, and more. Nikita did her Bachelor in Journalism and Mass Communication from GGSIPU and started working as a digital journalist in 2021. During her first stint, she covered hyperlocal news at a Delhi-based newsroom, writing and editing stories on builder-buyer conflicts, civic issues such as potholes, waterlogging, lack of facilities at hospitals in Delhi, crippling of the city during peak monsoon season. She also wrote features covering Delhi’s art exhibitions, heritage walks, artist profiles, museums, classical Hindustani music concerts and dance shows. She entered mainstream news in 2023 and has previously worked at NDTV.Read More

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