Gurgaon: After days of rising heat, the city’s day and night readings dropped sharply on Friday as changing weather systems signalled relief ahead of a spell of thunderstorms, gusty winds and light rain across the state next week.According to IMD, the city’s maximum temperature settled at 34.3 degrees Celsius on Friday, down by nearly 3.8 degrees Celsius from the previous day. Minimum temperature was recorded at 20.4 degrees Celsius, 2.7 degrees below the previous day, reflecting the broader cooling trend across the state.Across Haryana, average maximum temperature fell by 2.3 degrees Celsius and remained 2.8 degrees below normal, while average minimum temperature dropped by 2.8 degrees and stayed 2.1 degrees below normal. Mahendragarh was the hottest in the state at 39 degrees Celsius.IMD attributed the changing conditions to a fresh western disturbance likely to affect the western Himalayan region from May 2, which is expected to alter weather patterns across Haryana.The department has forecast mainly dry weather for Haryana on May 1, but isolated light rain is likely on May 2, 3, 6 and 7, with a few places expected to receive rainfall on May 4 and 5. Thunderstorm and lightning accompanied by gusty winds of 30 to 40 kmph are likely at isolated places on May 2 and May 7, while stronger winds of 40 to 50 kmph may occur between May 3 and May 6.Meteorologists said maximum temperatures may rise by around 2 degrees Celsius over the next 48 hours before falling by 3 to 4 degrees Celsius thereafter under the influence of storm activity.
