<p>Bengaluru: Persistent pre-monsoon rainfall over the past week led to an unusual phenomenon on Tuesday: Bengaluru city's maximum temperature plummeted by a staggering 8.8°C. </p><p>While the maximum temperature was just 24.4°C, the minimum temperature remained normal at 21.7°C. </p><p>This resulted in a diurnal temperature variation — difference between maximum and minimum temperatures — of only 2.7°C, far below the typical range of 5°C or more. This narrow gap made the day nearly as cool as the night, with many parts of the city seeing little to no sunlight.</p>.Rains bring traffic to a crawl in Bengaluru; cabs and autos hard to come by .<p>N Puviarasan, Scientist 'F' and Head of the Meteorological Centre at the <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/tags/imd">India Meteorological Department (IMD)</a> in Bengaluru, attributed the low diurnal temperature variation to cloudy skies and persistent rainfall. According to him, the situation is expected to continue until Wednesday before changing on Thursday as rains recede and skies clear up. </p><p>From Wednesday onwards, the maximum temperature will rise to 28°C while the minimum will fall to 19°C, according to the IMD. </p><p><strong>Moderate rains</strong></p><p>Many parts of the city received moderate rainfall on Tuesday. </p><p>The Bengaluru city observatory recorded 13.1 mm of rainfall between 8.30 am and 8.30 pm. </p><p>The HAL Airport and the Kempegowda International Airport (KIA) recorded 4.8 mm, and GKVK 19 mm. </p><p>This May, Bengaluru city has so far received 296.6 mm of rainfall, HAL airport 287.6, KIA 173.8 mm and GKVK 295.6 mm.</p>
<p>Bengaluru: Persistent pre-monsoon rainfall over the past week led to an unusual phenomenon on Tuesday: Bengaluru city's maximum temperature plummeted by a staggering 8.8°C. </p><p>While the maximum temperature was just 24.4°C, the minimum temperature remained normal at 21.7°C. </p><p>This resulted in a diurnal temperature variation — difference between maximum and minimum temperatures — of only 2.7°C, far below the typical range of 5°C or more. This narrow gap made the day nearly as cool as the night, with many parts of the city seeing little to no sunlight.</p>.Rains bring traffic to a crawl in Bengaluru; cabs and autos hard to come by .<p>N Puviarasan, Scientist 'F' and Head of the Meteorological Centre at the <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/tags/imd">India Meteorological Department (IMD)</a> in Bengaluru, attributed the low diurnal temperature variation to cloudy skies and persistent rainfall. According to him, the situation is expected to continue until Wednesday before changing on Thursday as rains recede and skies clear up. </p><p>From Wednesday onwards, the maximum temperature will rise to 28°C while the minimum will fall to 19°C, according to the IMD. </p><p><strong>Moderate rains</strong></p><p>Many parts of the city received moderate rainfall on Tuesday. </p><p>The Bengaluru city observatory recorded 13.1 mm of rainfall between 8.30 am and 8.30 pm. </p><p>The HAL Airport and the Kempegowda International Airport (KIA) recorded 4.8 mm, and GKVK 19 mm. </p><p>This May, Bengaluru city has so far received 296.6 mm of rainfall, HAL airport 287.6, KIA 173.8 mm and GKVK 295.6 mm.</p>
