The minimum temperature was recorded at 30.1 degree Celsius, two notches above normal, and slightly up from yesterday when it had settled at 28.6 degree C, a notch above the season's average.
Humidity at 8:30 in the morning was recorded at 36 per cent.
The day temperature is expected to remain around 45 degree Celsius though the MeT department has predicted a partly cloudy sky in the later part of the day and possibility of thunderstorms in some areas of the city toward the evening.
The maximum temperature of 45.1 degree C in the capital yesterday was five degree above normal and the hottest in five years.
It was 47.8 degree C in and around Palam airport, making it the hottest day in 62 years.