India, May 26 -- Delhi recorded its warmest May night in 14 years on Monday with the overnight temperature hovering above 32degC even as dust creeping in from Rajasthan further worsened the air quality and led to a haze-like situation.

Delhi's base weather station, Safdarjung, logged a minimum temperature of 32.4degC - six degrees above normal - making it the warmest night for Delhi since May 27, 2012, when the minimum surged to 34.2degC, according to India Meteorological Department (IMD) data.

This exceeds the minimum temperature of 31.9degC that Delhi recorded on May 21, making it the season's first warm night. The IMD classifies a night as "warm" when the maximum temperature in the plains exceeds 40degC and the minimum temperature's ...