Five cm of rain was recorded in the country's capital Delhi

New Delhi :

Heavy rains lashed the north-western parts of the country on Monday under the influence of the season's first moderate-intensity thunderstorm, bringing some respite from the scorching heat.

According to the Indian Meteorological Department (IMD), heat wave conditions are not expected anywhere else in the country except western Rajasthan during the next five days.

An additional tropical weather system coming from northern Pakistan produced rain clouds, bringing rain to parts of Punjab, Haryana, Delhi, Uttarakhand and Himachal Pradesh on Monday morning.

According to the Meteorological Department, thunderstorms occurred at many places in Uttarakhand, while it rained in different parts of Jammu and Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh, Haryana, Delhi, most parts of Uttar Pradesh and Rajasthan. Fatehgarh in Uttar Pradesh on Sunday The maximum temperature recorded was 45.9 degree Celsius.

The morning temperature in Delhi dropped from 29 degree Celsius to 11 degree Celsius to 18 degree Celsius. IMD said, "Heavy conditions are likely to occur at isolated places over West Rajasthan on May 26 and 27.

Apart from this, there is no possibility of heat wave conditions in any part of the country during the next five days.

In the 24 hours ending at 8.30 am on Monday, Haryana's Faridabad received nine cm of rain, while Gurugram and Jhajjar received seven cm of rain, Delhi five cm and Mussoorie four cm, the IMD said. Thunderstorm and hailstorm at isolated places over Himachal Pradesh and Uttarakhand and gusty winds (30-40 kmph) at isolated places over Jammu & Kashmir, Punjab, Haryana, Delhi, Uttar Pradesh, Rajasthan and West Madhya Pradesh. Northwest India was battling intense heat conditions, mainly due to the absence of thunderstorms that frequent the region during summers.

The summer months of March-April-May usually have rain with thunderstorms for 12 to 14 days, but this season has only rained four to five times with thunderstorms and that too mostly dry.

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