New Delhi, Oct. 16 -- Delhi witnessed a fall in minimum temperatures and a rise in daytime temperatures on Friday after overnight rainfall, with the India Meteorological Department (IMD) forecasting mainly clear skies and dry weather over the next seven days.

The Safdarjung Observatory, the city's base weather station, recorded 15.9 mm of rainfall in the 24 hours ending at 8.30 am, while the maximum temperature settled at 31.8 degrees Celsius, 1.4 degrees below normal.

The minimum temperature dropped by 3.9 notches from the previous day to settle at 19.4 degrees Celsius. The maximum temperature, however, rose by 3.5 degrees over the past 24 hours, according to the IMD bulletin issued on Friday.

Rainfall varied across the capital, with th...