Clouds, rain plummet Minimum to 19 Deg C, Maximum 35.0 Deg C

New Delhi, May 23 (UNI) A cloud cover in the sky, coupled with rains early this morning, today brought the mercury further down in the capital, continuing the pleasant climes that have characterised the weather in the capital the whole of last week.

While the clouds and the rain brought down the minimum temperature to 19 Degree C, eight degrees below normal, the maximum temperature dropped to 35 degree C, nearly six degrees below normal.

Pleasant weather and a cool breeze greeted the people in the morning with 22.9 mm rainfall recorded between 0515 to 0550 hrs this morning. It brought down the mercury to 19 degrees, five degrees down from yesterday's 23.8 and eight degrees lower than the temperature (27 degrees) normally expected at this time, the weather office said.

Weathermen said the rain was due to upper air cyclonic system stationed over Eastern Rajasthan and Southern Punjab.

Meanwhile, the cloud cover enveloping the Delhi skyline, most of yesterday, resulted in the maximum temperature dropping to 35.0 degree C.

The cool climes are likely to persist tomorrow with the weather office forecasting a partly cloudy sky with the possibility of rain and thundershowers accompanied by a squall in some areas.

They have predicted a maximum temperature of 37 degree C tomorrow.

The cool weather in Delhi, that has prevailed for the whole of last week, is a welcome relief for the residents of the capital, who have been experiencing some pleasant weather over the last one week, after several weeks of scorching heat which saw day temperature hovering around 40 degrees.

On Friday, squall with winds upto 62 kmph brought down temperature by eight degrees in the capital after early morning rains had lowered the mercury by two degrees.

This was followed by rain which lashed the national capital on Saturday evening. The rain brought the maximum temperature down to 37.6 degrees Celsius, about three degrees below recorded during this time of year, while the minimum was 22.1 degrees, five degrees below normal.

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