{"id":16442,"date":"2026-06-03T22:15:19","date_gmt":"2026-06-03T16:45:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/imd-issues-yellow-alert-in-delhi-for-next-two-days-warns-of-rain-and-gusty-winds-delhi-news\/"},"modified":"2026-06-03T22:15:19","modified_gmt":"2026-06-03T16:45:19","slug":"imd-issues-yellow-alert-in-delhi-for-next-two-days-warns-of-rain-and-gusty-winds-delhi-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/imd-issues-yellow-alert-in-delhi-for-next-two-days-warns-of-rain-and-gusty-winds-delhi-news\/","title":{"rendered":"IMD issues yellow alert in Delhi for next two days, warns of rain and gusty winds | Delhi News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"e9jwa\">\n<div class=\"vdo_embedd\">\n<div class=\"GfdvZ\">\n<section class=\"_bIDB  clearfix id-r-component leadmedia undefined undefined  E9tg9 \" style=\"top:0px\">\n<div class=\"_bIDB\" data-ua-type=\"1\" onclick=\"stpPgtnAndPrvntDefault(event)\">\n<div class=\"ypVvZ\">\n<div class=\"WGttI\"><img src=\"https:\/\/static.toiimg.com\/thumb\/msid-131487410,imgsize-40310,width-400,height-225,resizemode-72\/delhi-braces-for-rain-and-thunderstorms-as-the-imd-issues-a-yellow-alert-for-thursday-and-friday.jpg\" alt=\"IMD issues yellow alert in Delhi for next two days, warns of rain and gusty winds\" title=\"Delhi braces for rain and thunderstorms as the IMD issues a yellow alert for Thursday and Friday\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\"\/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"Ta7d_ img_cptn\"><span title=\"Delhi braces for rain and thunderstorms as the IMD issues a yellow alert for Thursday and Friday\">Delhi braces for rain and thunderstorms as the IMD issues a yellow alert for Thursday and Friday<\/span><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>NEW DELHI: The <a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/topic\/india-meteorological-department\" styleobj=\"[object Object]\" class=\"\" commonstate=\"[object Object]\" frmappuse=\"1\">India Meteorological Department<\/a> (IMD) has issued a yellow alert for Thursday and Friday, warning of possible rain, thunderstorms and gusty winds.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"3\"\/>The maximum temperature on Thursday is expected to hover around 37-39 degrees celsius, while the minimum temperature is likely to remain between 27-29 degrees celsius over the next couple of days.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"6\"\/>\u201cPartly to generally cloudy skies are expected to persist for the next two days. A yellow alert has been issued for Thursday and Friday, as light rain is expected, accompanied by thunderstorms, lightning and strong winds of speed reaching 40-50 kmph, even gusting to 60 kmph,\u201d an IMD official said.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"8\"\/>The department has predicted similar weather conditions to continue on Saturday as well, though no alert has been issued for the said day yet.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"12\"\/>The Capital witnessed a slight rise in temperature on Wednesday. Safdarjung, considered representative of the city\u2019s weather, recorded a maximum temperature of 39.1 degrees celsius on Wednesday, which was 0.9 degree below normal and 1.4 degree higher than the previous day. The minimum temperature was recorded at 27.4 degrees celsius, 0.5 degree above normal and 0.6 degree higher than Tuesday.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"14\"\/>Other weather stations also reported a similar trend of rising temperatures.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"17\"\/>Palam registered a 3.7 degree increase in the maximum temperature to 39.6 degrees celsius. Lodhi Road recorded a maximum of 38.8 degrees celsius, 2.8 degrees higher than a day earlier. Ridge logged a maximum temperature of 39.3 degrees celsius, while Ayanagar recorded 39.6 degrees celsius.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"19\"\/>Mahesh Palawat, vice-president at Skymet, said, \u201cThere is a fresh western disturbance and cyclonic circulation over central Pakistan, Haryana and northwest Rajasthan, as a result of which rain and thunderstorm activity is expected for the next three days.\u201d<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"22\"\/>Meanwhile, Delhi\u2019s air quality remained in the moderate category on Wednesday. The 24-hour average Air Quality Index (AQI) stood at 143 (moderate) at 4 pm, compared with an average AQI of 106 (moderate) recorded at the same time on Tuesday, according to data from the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB).<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"24\"\/>(With PTI inputs)<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/city\/delhi\/imd-issues-yellow-alert-in-delhi-for-next-two-days-warns-of-rain-and-gusty-winds\/articleshow\/131487184.cms\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Delhi braces for rain and thunderstorms as the IMD issues a yellow alert for Thursday and Friday NEW DELHI: The India Meteorological Department (IMD) has issued a yellow alert for Thursday and Friday, warning of possible rain, thunderstorms and gusty winds.The maximum temperature on Thursday is expected to hover around 37-39 degrees celsius, while the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":16443,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[150],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-16442","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-delhi"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16442","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16442"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16442\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/16443"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16442"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16442"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16442"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}