Mercury hovers above normal in north, sweltering heat in Raj

With the Southwest Monsoon withdrawing from north India, the mercury crossed the 35 degrees Celsius mark in several parts of the region, including in Rajasthan where sweltering conditions prevailed.
In the national capital, the maximum temperature settled at a warm 36 degrees Celsius, which was two notches above normal, while high humidity continued to make things uncomfortable for Delhiites.
Humidity levels oscillated between 38 and 78 per cent during the day.
Earlier today, minimum temperature in the capital was recorded at 24.4 degrees Celsius, which was a notch above normal. The sky remained mainly clear throughout the day with no sign of rain, according to the MeT office.

Sweltering weather conditions prevailed in the desert state of Rajasthan.
Pilani was the hottest in the state with the maximum temperature settling at 37 degrees Celsius, according to MeT office.

No rain occurred in the state and mercury fluctuated between 32.2 and 36.8 degrees Celsius at many places.
Scorching sun caused sweltering in most places and at a few places in northeast region including Jaipur, the relative humidity went up to 80 per cent.
Churu recorded a maximum temperature of 36.8 degrees, followed by Gangangar 36.6 and Jaipur 36.2 degrees Celsius.
Whereas Mount Abu on the hilly terrain recorded the minimum temperature of 14 degrees Celsius last night.

In Punjab and Haryana, maximum temperatures hovered around normal level at most of places.
The Union Territory of Chandigarh recorded a maximum temperature of 33.1 degrees Celsius.
Hisar in Haryana continued to remain the hottest place in the region as it's maximum settled at 37.4 degrees. Ambala, Bhiwani, Karnal and Narnaul had maximum of 32.8, 36.7, 32.6 and 36 degrees Celsius, respectively.
In Punjab, Amritsar recorded maximum temperature of 33.8 degrees, while Ludhiana and Patiala recorded maximums at 33.2 and 33.6 degrees Celsius.