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<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\nNew Delhi: <\/span>The city continued to swelter in extreme heat on Sunday. A marginal drop in the maximum temperature did not bring comfort, while a nighttime temperature of 26.2\u00b0C did not promise relief either.The only relief, that too on paper, is that Delhi did not record a heatwave anywhere on Sunday after three days of back-to-back heatwaves.Safdarjung logged a maximum of 42.1\u00b0C \u2014 3 degrees above normal. It was 42.8\u00b0C on Saturday, Delhi\u2019s hottest April day in four years.The highest maximum across the city was 43.5\u00b0C at the Ridge. It was 44.5\u00b0C on Saturday when Delhi had its first citywide heatwave. Prior to that, Delhi saw heatwave conditions in isolated pockets on Thursday and Friday.The IMD<\/a> has sounded a yellow alert for isolated heatwave conditions on Monday too, with chances of a scattered drizzle to light rain post-noon.Relief is likely on Tuesday and Wednesday, with scattered rain and strong winds leading to a marginal cooling effect. The mercury could dip below 40\u00b0C.The IMD announces a heatwave when the maximum temperature is at least 4.5 degrees above normal and above 40\u00b0C. A heatwave is also declared if the maximum is 45\u00b0C or more. No station met the criteria on Sunday, while four stations, including Safdarjung, were meeting it on Saturday.\u201cIn Delhi, maximum temperatures were observed in the range of 42-44\u00b0C on Sunday, yet no heatwave conditions have been observed due to a slight fall of 1\u00b0C in the maximum temperature and close to a 1\u00b0C rise in the normal temperature,\u201d said IMD officials.\u201cNormal temperatures change after a five-day interval and are called Pentad Normals. The normal temperature for Safdarjung for the period April 26-30 is 39\u00b0C, while it was 37.7\u00b0C for the period April 21-25,\u201d officials added.Initially, the Met had issued an orange alert for Delhi, forecasting the maximum to be between 43\u00b0C and 45\u00b0C. Forecasts show a maximum of 43-45\u00b0C is likely on Monday, but with overcast skies and rain returning, it is expected to be between 40-42\u00b0C on Tuesday and dip further to 39-41\u00b0C on Wednesday. \u201cThe cloudiness is expected to remain on Thursday too, by which time the maximum may fall to close to 37\u00b0C,\u201d another IMD official said.On Sunday, the minimum was 26.2\u00b0C, 2 notches above normal and the warmest this month.Last year, the highest minimum temperature recorded in April was 27.2\u00b0C, and prior to this it was in April 2019 that the highest minimum went to 27.1\u00b0C, making 26.2 degrees Celsius recorded on Sunday the second highest for April since 2019.Nights will continue to stay warm, with the minimum hovering between 26-28\u00b0C on Monday and between 27-29\u00b0C on Tuesday.The AQI was 222 (poor) on Sunday, a marginal improvement from 243 on Saturday.The Air Quality Early Warning System for Delhi says AQI is likely to be poor till Monday, before improving to moderate on Tuesday.<\/div>\n