India, April 29 -- The Capital continued to experience warmer-than-usual nights, with the nighttime or minimum temperature settling at 28.4 degrees Celsius (degC) on Tuesday-4.6degC above normal and a nine-year high for the month of April, according to the India Meteorological Department (IMD). The last time Delhi recorded a higher minimum temperature was on April 22, 2017, when it was 29degC.

However, the weather took a marked turn during the day, especially post noon, as overcast skies and isolated spells of rainfall ended the spell of post-40degC maximum temperatures the city was recording since last Saturday. The maximum temperature on Tuesday was 39.2degC.

The India Meteorological Department (IMD) has issued a yellow alert for Wedn...