India, April 28 -- Delhi baked under above-normal temperatures on Monday, with the mercury soaring by up to 4degC above average across stations, though the India Meteorological Department (IMD) stopped short of declaring a heatwave and signalled a marginal dip with light rain from Tuesday.

Safdarjung, the city's base station, recorded a maximum of 42.3degC, 3.3degC above normal, while the Ridge station in north Delhi touched 43.8degC, which was 4.3degC above average. Despite the spike, no station met the heatwave criteria, similar to conditions on Sunday.

However, after a scorching day, weather conditions shifted by evening, with a dust storm sweeping across the capital between 8 pm and 9 pm. Around 7 pm, the IMD issued an alert w...