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Commuters wade through the waterlogged Zakhira railway underpass following rainfall in New Delhi on August 24, 2026. | Photo Credit: PTI A portion of a dilapidated building collapsed in the Chandni Mahal area here, amid heavy rainfall in the national Capital on Monday (August 24, 2026), damaging three to four two-wheelers, police said. After the…
Commuters walk on a road amid heavy rain, in New Delhi, on August 6, 2026. | Photo Credit: PTI Heavy rain drenched parts of the national capital on Thursday morning (August 6, 2026), prompting the weather office to issue an orange alert forecasting moderate to heavy rain accompanied by thunderstorms through the day. The downpour…
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A woman holds an umbrella to protect from Sun on a hot summer afternoon in New Delhi. File | Photo Credit: Shashi Shekhar Kashyap Delhi experienced a warm morning on Tuesday (June 9, 2026) as the minimum temperature settled at 29.2°C, 1.6 degrees above the season’s average. Among other weather stations in the national capital,…
The story so far: Delhi and the NCR are facing longer and more intense heatwaves, with the city increasingly retaining heat even at night. Rapid urbanisation, concrete-heavy infrastructure, air conditioning, and shrinking green cover have turned the Urban Heat Island Effect into a deeper “heat re-trap”. Why is Delhi retaining heat? This transformation is rooted…
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The higher reaches of Himachal Pradesh and Jammu and Kashmir on Saturday (April 4, 2026) witnessed fresh snowfall as a spell of wet weather gripped north India, bringing rainfall to parts of Delhi, Punjab, Haryana and Rajasthan. Rains and hailstorms have continued to lash the northern States intermittently this week, with wheat growers in Punjab,…
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Delhi saw a colder start to February, compared to last year, with the maximum temperature settling at 24.6 degrees Celsius on Sunday, according to the Indian Meteorological Department. The maximum temperature on Sunday (February 1, 2026) is lower than last year’s 26.2 degrees Celsius while 2.3 notches above the seasonal average, according to official data….
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New Delhi: The national capital wrapped up a rather warm January with Friday’s maximum temperature reaching 27 degrees Celsius, making it the city’s warmest day in the month since 2019. The month’s average maximum temperature was 21.1 degrees Celsius, a notch above the long-period average of 20.1 degrees Celsius, marking it as Delhi’s warmest January…
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New Delhi: Dense fog blanketed Delhi-NCR on Sunday, leading to significant disruptions in train schedules across multiple routes and challenging travel conditions for commuters. The city woke up to foggy weather with a temperature of 10 degrees Celcius, as visibility remained severely reduced. Railway authorities are working to ensure passenger safety, but delays persisted throughout…
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New Delhi: Delhi and its neighbouring cities received light rain on Saturday evening, which improved the air quality to ‘poor’ on Sunday morning and provided some relief from the dense fog that was blanketing parts of the national capital region for the past few days. Delhi on Saturday recorded a low of 7.7 degrees Celsius,…
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New Delhi: A thick blanket of smog continued to envelop Delhi and its adjoining National Capital Region (NCR) for the second consecutive day, with the air quality remaining ‘severe’ on Saturday. According to the System of Air Quality and Weather Forecasting and Research, the air quality index (AQI) breached the 400 mark. The visibility across…
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