New Delhi, Oct. 25 -- Overnight rain and hail in isolated places on Sunday brought down the minimum temperature in Delhi to 17degC, the lowest this season, according to the India Meteorological Department (IMD). The forecast showed minimum temperatures are likely to further drop in coming days with another spell of light rain likely by the end of the week.

An IMD official said very light to light rainfall was observed at a few places with thunderstorms and lightning over Delhi during the intervening night of Saturday and Sunday. "Isolated hailstorm also occurred over parts of central and south Delhi, and over Ferozpur, Sirsa, Kurukshetra and Fatehabad with gusty winds up to 85 kmph over Kaithal. The event may be attributed to a feeble we...