Delhi records 2nd warm night this season, yellow alert remains for intense heat
Delhi experienced its second warm night of the season, with a minimum temperature of 32.4°C, significantly above normal. This marks the warmest night in May for the city in 14 years, surpassing the previous record from 2012. A yellow alert remains in effect due to ongoing intense heat and potential isolated heatwave conditions.
- ▪The minimum temperature recorded was 32.4°C, six degrees above normal.
- ▪This is the warmest night in May for Delhi in 14 years, last recorded at 34.2°C in 2012.
- ▪Delhi's air quality was reported in the lower end of the 'poor' category with an AQI of 206.
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Delhi records 2nd warm night this season, yellow alert remains for intense heatSafdarjung, Delhi’s base weather station, logged a minimum temperature of 32.4°C, six degrees above normal, making it the warmest night in May in 14 yearsPublished on: May 25, 2026 10:13 AM ISTBy Jasjeev GandhiokShare viaCopy link Delhi recorded the second “warm night” this season, as the minimum temperature remained over 30°C amid slow-moving dust from Rajasthan in the early hours of Monday, even as a yellow alert remained in place for continuing intense heat in the region.A “warm night” occurs when the maximum temperature is over 40°C in the plains, and the minimum temperature is 4.5°C or more above normal.
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