Dreadful summers witness the temperatures shooting to about 47degree C Weather in Delhi during the summer months experience high temperature with occasional dust storms during the day but it is comparatively cooler at nights. During the summers the suspended particulate matter present in the air, the level of pollution and the exhaust forked out from vehicles makes the environment more terrible. The heat waves during the summer months are immense and the dwellers of Delhi have to take adequate to avoid dehydration and sunstroke in the hot afternoons.
Delhi Weather is usually dry leaving out the monsoon that arrives at the end of June. Delhi gets rain in winters also. The rain helps the farmers of the village to grow the Rabi crops. The rainfall in the Capital is sufficient and torrential.
Autumn knocks the door of the capital after the rains when the weather of Delhi remains humid and sometimes unbearable. The season remains till November till the advent of winter season.
The extreme continental climate makes the winters very cold when the temperature goes below 4 degrees. The winter seasons in Delhi together with North India are marked by morning mist and fog whereas the afternoon witnesses the sun. The cold wave blows from the nearby Himalayas making the winters quiet chilly. The maximum temperature recorded in a cold Delhi afternoon is approximately 12 degrees whereas the average minimum temperature is about 2 degrees or even less.
Delhi Weather during the spring is quite enjoyable when the temperature varies between 25-degree C to 10 degree C from mid February till the end of March. But the nights and the mornings are frosty. This is the best season to visit Delhi to see greenery with the historical monuments.