Monsoon 2026 LIVE: Overnight rain brings minimum temperature down in Delhi

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Commuters pass by amid rainfall, in Amritsar, Punjab, on June 11, 2026. | Photo Credit: PTI

Delhi residents woke up to cloudy skies and a windy, pleasant morning on Friday (June 12, 2026) as the minimum temperature dropped to 22.8 degrees Celsius after an overnight rain. According to the India Meteorological Department (IMD), the maximum temperature is likely to settle around 34 degrees Celsius.

The weather office has forecast thunderstorms accompanied by light rainfall, lightning and gusty winds of 40-50 kilometres per hour during the forenoon, afternoon and evening hours.

Mahesh Palawat, vice-president (Meteorology and Climate Change) at Skymet Weather, said pre-monsoon activity is expected to intensify, bringing fairly widespread rainfall across Delhi, Haryana and Punjab.

In Maharashtra, officials said on Thursday (June 11, 2026), “Only two of the eight districts of central Maharashtra’s Marathwada have recorded more than the expected rainfall so far.” With two districts receiving excess rains, the region has received 76.6% of the average rainfall of June to date.

Shimla: Moderate to heavy rains lashed parts of Himachal Pradesh, with the weather office forecasting a wet spell across the State till June 17.

The weather office also issued a yellow alert for thunderstorms, lightning and gusty winds with speeds of 30-50 kmph at isolated places over the next four days.

Kasauli recorded the highest rainfall of 105 mm, followed by Dharampur (86.6 mm), Dhaulakuan and Bharmaur (43.5 mm each), Palampur (40 mm), Solan (34.6 mm), and Jot and Sarahan (30 mm each).

Nahan received 26.7 mm of rain, followed by Paonta Sahib (25.2 mm), Narkanda (20.6 mm), and Shimla and Kufri (20 mm each). - PTI

The advancing monsoon has brought relief from hot and humid conditions in the southern parts of West Bengal, with the Weather Department predicting thunderstorms and rain in the State capital and some districts of the region on Friday (June 12, 2026).

The India Meteorological Department has pr