India, July 1 -- Delhi continued to simmer for a fourth consecutive day on Tuesday, as unfavourable meteorological conditions led to a peak "real feel" temperature or heat index (HI) of 53.5 degrees Celsius (degC) amid a yellow alert for rainfall and thunderstorms during the day falling flat, according to India Meteorological Department (IMD) data.

Experts said that while high humidity is expected to persist-it was between 48% and 65% on the day-Delhi will see some relief from these heatwave-like conditions from Thursday, as the monsoon advances.

The city recorded a maximum temperature of 40.5degC, which was over 3degC higher than the normal, and a minimum temperature of 30.2degC, which was over 2degC higher than the normal. However, th...