Heavy rains and thunderstorm lash national capital, fails to dampen R-Day celebrations

Heavy rainfall and thunderstorm lashed Delhi on Thursday bringing down the maximum temperature to 18 degrees. The minimum temperature was unusually high at 16 degrees, which was seven notches above the season’s average, while the humidity was recorded at 100 per cent at 2.30 am. This morning Delhiites woke up to a cloudy morning even as the minimum temperature was recorded at 12.5 degrees Celsius.