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NEW DELHI: May this year is already cooler than usual. Last year, temperatures had touched the 44-degree Celsius mark on May 1, however, Delhi is yet to touch even 41 degree Celsius this season, with only two days recorded so far where the temperature was 40-degrees Celsius or higher.
While one of these days was in April, which overall was nearly 1-degree Celsius cooler than the normal monthly temperature, May so far has presented a similar story, recording only one day where the temperature was 40-degrees or higher when it touched 40.9 degrees on Saturday. Monthly data however shows so far the average monthly temperature is 1.5 degrees below normal.
Historical data shows Delhi has touched the 44-degree mark each time since 2011, going as high as 46 degrees in both May 2015 and May 2013. This however seems unlikely this year.
Met officials said that the reason for the low temperature has been a quick succession of western disturbances, not only bringing rain but gusty winds and even hail, like it was witnessed on Thursday in parts of north and west Delhi.