India, May 3 -- The national Capital experienced an increase in both maximum and minimum temperatures on Saturday morning, two days after a spell of light to moderate rain lowered the temperature. The India Meteorological Department (IMD) has issued a yellow alert for the next two days, warning residents of potential rain and thunderstorms.

On Saturday, the minimum temperature recorded at Safdarjung, the city's representative weather station, was 25.9 degrees Celsius, which is a 3.1-degree increase from the previous day and 1.2 degrees above normal. The maximum temperature reached 38.6 degrees Celsius, which is 0.7 degrees below normal but 2.2 degrees higher than the day before.

Other weather stations also recorded a similar rise in max...