Delhi NCR witness rain, dust storm after days of heatwave

A strong dust storm swept through Delhi, Ghaziabad, Noida and adjoining areas.

Delhi NCR rain: Delhi and the National Capital Region (NCR) saw a sudden shift in the weather on Thursday, 10 April 2025 as moderate rainfall and thunderstorms hit several areas of the region. In the evening, a strong dust storm swept through Delhi, Ghaziabad, Noida and adjoining areas. The India Meteorological Department (IMD) has forecasted light showers on April 10 and 11.

The weather department had predicted rain and thunderstorm for Thursday, 10 April 2025 in Delhi-NCR region following a warm night with the minimum temperature recorded at 25.9 degrees Celsius, nearly six notches above normal and the highest of the season so far.

Parts of the city reported both warm and very warm night conditions, according to the IMD.

The city’s minimum temperature of 25.9 degrees Celsius, released on Thursday, 10 April 2025 was 5.9 degrees above normal — breaking Wednesday’s, April 9 record of 25.6 degrees — making it the highest minimum temperature in April in the last three years, according to official data.

The maximum temperature is expected to settle around 39 degrees Celsius, according to the IMD.

Delhi’s air quality was recorded in the ‘poor’ category as the Air Quality Index (AQI) at 9 am stood at 243, according to the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB).

An AQI between zero and 50 is considered ‘good’, 51 and 100 ‘satisfactory’, 101 and 200 ‘moderate’, 201 and 300 ‘poor’, 301 and 400 ‘very poor’, and 401 and 500 ‘severe’.

(With PTI inputs)