Weather today: Hail storm, heavy rainfall hit parts of Delhi NCR

#WATCH Parts of #Delhi witnesses spells of rain and hailstorm; visuals from south Delhi pic.twitter.com/MFdUjBXlOs

— ANI (@ANI) January 6, 2021

“Thunderstorm with light to moderate intensity rain would occur over and adjoining areas of South, Southwest, Northwest, North, Central, New Delhi; Manesar, Gurugram, Kherkhoda, Sonipat, Gannaur, Bhiwadi in Haryana; Bagpat, Ghaziabad, Jattari, Bulandshahar, Jhangirabad, Sikandarabad, Gulothi, Siyana, Khurja of UP during next two hours.

“Hail precipitation would occur over and adjoining areas of Kherkhoda, Southwest, South, Lodhi Road Delhi during next one hour,” the IMD said in an advisory.

It has been raining in the national capital for four consecutive days now due to the influence of a strong Western Disturbance. Prior to that, around New Year, Delhi witnessed a ‘severe’ cold wave. Last Friday, the temperature dropped to 1.1 degrees Celsius, the lowest in 15 years.