New Delhi: A sudden dip in temperature has come as a much-needed respite to Delhiites from the scorching heat prevailing in the capital for the past two weeks. 
Mercury fell by a few notches in the national capital on Sunday. 

The relative humidity was also recorded at a low of 39 per cent in the morning making weather even more pleasant.

The Safdarjung observatory, recording of which is considered the official figure for the city, recorded a minimum of 19.8 degrees Celsius, five notches below the normal. 

The MeT Department has forecast strong surface winds later in the day.

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The maximum temperature is likely to hover around 39 degrees Celsius.

On Saturday, the maximum and minimum temperatures had settled at 39.2 and 22.4 degrees Celsius respectively.

With PTI inputs