There was no let up in the maximum and minimum temperatures with both remaining above normal levels for this time of the season.
While the maximum was recorded at 40.7 degrees Celsius, the minimum settled at 32.6 degrees Celsius. Both maximum and minimum temperatures are five degrees above normal for this time of summer.
Humidity, which oscillated between 45 and 62 per cent, added to the misery of residents.
It has been an extended summer for Delhiites as the south-west monsoon missed its date with the capital. The normal schedule for onset of monsoon in the city is June 29.
The monsoon is now likely to hit the capital by this weekend and extend till the beginning of next week.
The VVIP areas in central Delhi went without power for hours today, affecting functioning of offices and troubling people.
People, who ventured out of their offices as air conditioners did not work, also had to suffer due to the heat and humid weather in the city, which is anxiously awaiting monsoon that has missed the usual June 29 onset.
Though senior New Delhi Municipal Council (NDMC) officials said there were no long outages in the area, people claimed there were power cuts during day in the past one week.
The earliest onset of monsoon over Delhi during the past 30 years was on June 15, 2008 and while the most delayed onset was on July 26, 1987.
During monsoon, if the city gets 645.7 mm rains it is considered normal for the capital, MeT officials said.
