Hot Wednesday in Delhi

New Delhi, June 13 (IANS) The capital experienced a hot Wednesday with the maximum temperature settling at 43.2 degrees Celsius, four notches above average. The met office has forecast partly cloudy skies Thursday.

Wednesday's minimum temperature was at 30.4 degrees Celsius, three notches above the average. The humidity hovered between 47 percent and 20 percent.

"We expect partly cloudy skies Thursday. The maximum and minimum temperature should be around 43 and 30 degrees Celsius, respectively," an official of the India Meteorological Department told IANS.

Tuesday's maximum temperature was three notches above average at 42.3 degrees Celsius, while the minimum temperature was a notch above the average at 28.6 degrees Celsius.