New Delhi: Heavy rains lashed parts of Delhi-NCR on Monday, forcing commuters to seek shelter behind trees and bus stops. According to India Meteorological Department (IMD), thunderstorms with light to moderate intensity rain and gusty winds with speed of would occur over and adjoining areas of many places of Delhi including Karawal Nagar, Dilshad Garden, Seemapuri, Shahadra, ITO, Palam, Safdarjung, Lodi Road, IGI Airport, Defence Colony, Lajpat Nagar, and Kalkaji in the next few hours.


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Thunderstorms with light to moderate intensity rain are also expected over Haryana's Karnal, Safidon, Panipat, and Uttar Pradesh's Shamli, Muzaffarnagar, Bijnaur, Hastinapur, Chandpur, Meerut, Moradabad, Hapur, Sambhal, Billari, Chandausi, Jahangirabad, and Anupshahar in the next few hours.


Earlier on Sunday, light rain hit parts of Delhi and brought down the maximum temperature to 28.7 degrees Celsius, 10 notches below the season's average and the lowest in the month since April 4, 2015, the India Meteorological Department said. The city recorded a high of 26 degrees Celsius on April 4, 2015.


Maximum temp in Delhi-NCR


According to the IMD, the monthly average maximum temperature in Delhi for April is 35.3°C, however this year it was 1.2 degrees Celsius lower than the long-period average.


Back-to-back western disturbances, notably at the beginning and close of April, have helped to keep Delhi's temperature under control. As a result, the city received 20.1mm of rain in April, a 23% increase above the monthly normal of 16.3mm.


IMD forecast for Southern states


The India Meteorological Department (IMD) has issued a forecast of thunderstorm and hailstorm activity over the country, including the northern states of Delhi, Rajasthan, Punjab, and Haryana, as well as Tamil Nadu, Kerala, and South Peninsular Karnataka.


The meteorological agency also predicted that the wet spell would last until May 3 and that it would begin to subside significantly on May 4. Thunderstorm activity is expected to decrease over most of the country beginning May 5.