Delhi sizzled under the glare of the May sun as the mercury today shot up to three notches above the normal here even as the weatherman predicted more of the same tomorrow.
The national capital reeled under the dry heat with the maximum temperature recorded at 42.6 degrees Celsius, three notches above the season's average.
The minimum was at 27 degrees, which is normal for this time of the year, a MeT official said.
Humidity in air oscillated between 15 and 61 per cent.
In its prediction for tomorrow, the weather office said, "The skies will be mainly clear. Maximum and minimum temperatures are expected to hover around 43 and 27 degrees, respectively," the official said.
The maximum yesterday had settled a notch above the season's average at 41.1 degrees.
