Dry weather in north, day temperatures rise marginally

Day temperatures rose in several areas of Delhi, Punjab and Haryana today as weather remained mostly dry in vast swathes of north India.
According to the MeT department, dry weather prevailed in Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Haryana, Punjab and Rajasthan, while there was possibility of isolated rain in Himachal Pradesh and Jammu and Kashmir.
In the national capital, it was a pleasant morning with the temperature remaining normal for this time of the season.
The minimum temperature was recorded at 15.8 degrees Celsius, a notch above the season's average while the maximum was 31.1 degree Celsius. Yesterday the maximum settled at 30.6 degrees Celsius.

The humidity levels remained between 72 and 28 per cent, according to the MeT office.
Day temperatures went up in most parts of Punjab and Haryana with mercury settling above normal level in the region.

Day temperatures hovered between two degrees Celsius above normal to six notches below normal in Punjab and Haryana, the MeT office said.
Narnaul had a high of 25 degrees Celsius. Patiala settled at a high of 30.1 degrees, one notch above normal. Chandigarh had a high of 29.9 degrees Celsius, one notch above normal.
While Amritsar had a high of 29.2 degrees, the day temperature at Ludhiana was 29.8 degrees Celsius, two notches above normal.

Among other places, Hisar had a high of 31.5 degrees followed by 29 degrees Celsius at Ambala.