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For Monday, the IMD has predicted a clear sky for Delhi with the maximum and minimum temperatures hovering between 27° C and 29° C and 11°C and 13°C, respectively.
The India Meteorological Department (IMD) has predicted drizzle for Delhi in the next two days as the February temperatures are already nearing 30° C. The rain, however, will not have much effect in lowering the already high temperature.
Delhi weather today
For Monday, the IMD has predicted a clear sky for Delhi with the maximum and minimum temperatures hovering between 27° C and 29° C and 11°C and 13°C, respectively.
The minimum temperature will be near normal, and the maximum temperatures will be appreciably above normal (3.1°C to 5.0°C) over Delhi, the weather agency said.
IMD forecast for Delhi in the coming days
An isolated drizzle is forecast for Delhi on Wednesday as a feeble western disturbance passes the city, IMD said.
“Isolated rainfall with thunderstorm, lightning likely over Punjab, Haryana, Chandigarh, Delhi, Uttar Pradesh, Rajasthan on 17th & 18th,” the weather agency said in its press release.
This is, however, unlikely to bring a dip in the already warming temperature of February.
The possible drizzle may lead to a marginal dip in temperature, “but it will be only a brief decrease of 1-2° C,” Hindustan Times quoted Mahesh Palawat, Skymet's Vice President, as saying. “The maximum is expected to rise again after February 19.”
February warmer than usual
Delhi witnessed a warmer-than-usual first half of February, with the average maximum temperature recorded at 25° C through February 1-15. This is 1.9° C above the long-period average (LPA) for this time of the year.
“The maximum temperatures were appreciably above normal (3.1°C to 5.0°C) at most places over Delhi,” IMD said.
On Sunday, February 15, the capital city recorded a maximum temperature of 28.5° C — four degrees above normal for this time of the year. On Monday and Tuesday, the maximum is forecast to touch 29° C.
Despite the forecast of rain in the coming days due to an active western disturbance, a significant dip in temperature is unlikely.
According to an HT analysis of the temperature in the first 15 days of February, Delhi's daytime temperatures have remained consistently elevated – the mean maximum temperature was recorded at 25.05° C against a long-period average of 23.14° C, placing the period 1.9° C above normal.
In this time period, the maximum temperature stayed above the normal mark for 14 days, with the mercury falling below 20° C only once. The highest maximum was recorded to be 28.6° C on February 10.
Navdeep Dahiya, an amateur weatherman, told HT that early signs of summer are likely to begin from February 16 -17 in peninsular, central and western India.
“Parts of northwest India will start to experience a spike in maximum temperature — up to 30°C across Delhi, Haryana, Punjab and Uttar Pradesh on February 16 and 17,” Dahiya said.
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