Delhi Rains: Dust, hailstorm lash parts of NCR; metro shed damaged at New Ashok Nagar-station: Check IMD forecast

Delhi experienced a sudden change in weather on Saturday as skies turned grey and parts of the national capital received dust storm, rains and light hailstorm in the afternoon.

The rain along with gusty winds and thunder came as a relief to Delhi residents who have been reeling under the effects of the summer heat over the past week.

Delhi also experienced a similar weather last evening, but it had little to no effect to the weather the following morning as the city suffered a hot weather again until the afternoon rains came.

According to the India Meteorological Department, around 1 mm of rainfall was recorded in the city till 3 pm.

Central Delhi, Maharani Bagh, Mayur Vihar, Ghaziabad, and Noida were among the places that received light showers after a cloudy morning.

The shed of the Rapid Rail Metro in New Ashok Nagar was damaged due to the strong winds, ANI reported.

IMD forecast

The IMD predicted a very light rain to light rain accompanied with thunderstorm and lighting and gusty winds in Delhi for Saturday.

The wind speed was predicted to be 30 – 40 kmph, temporarily reaching to 50 kmph during the thunderstorm “with dust rising surface wind towards afternoon/evening,” the India Meteorological Department (IMD) said.

In an X post, DD News reported that a thunderstorm with gusty winds is likely all across Delhi in the next two hours.

“As an update to the earlier weather alert on 17/05/2025 at 2:15 PM, a dust storm followed by a thunderstorm with light to moderate rain and lightning is very likely to happen across all of Delhi and NCR in the next 2 hours. Gusty winds with speeds of 40 to 60 km/h are expected,” it said.

Delhi weather today

Relative humidity in Delhi was recorded at 55 per cent at 8:30 am.

The minimum temperature was 24.3 degrees Celsius, 2.2 notch below the season's average, the IMD said.

Earlier in the day, the IMD predicted a thunderstorm accompanied by rain. The maximum temperature is expected to settle around 42 degrees Celsius.

The air quality at 9 am was recorded in the "moderate" category with an Air Quality Index (AQI) reading of 183, Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) data showed.

According to the CPCB, an AQI between zero and 50 is considered 'good', 51 to 100 'satisfactory', 101 to 200 'moderate', 201 to 300 'poor', 301 to 400 'very poor', and 401 to 500 'severe'.