India: Humidity & heat appear to have vanished due to rains in Kanpur

Kanpur: The drizzling that started on June 21 continues on Thursday. The late-night thunder even shuddered the residents. The morning showers proceeded until noon.

The clouds are still awaiting to precipitate. The weather has turned pleasant due to this intermittent rain.

There was a respite from the humidity with a drop of about nine degrees in the temperature.

A total of 15 mm of rain was recorded on Wednesday, as reported.

The maximum temperature settled at 27 degrees Celsius, down from 35.8 degrees a day earlier.

The humidity in the air reached 87 per cent during the day, while it remained at 95 per cent at night as the day before.

There was reportedly no sunshine and the wind at a speed of 10 km did not make it humid.

The temperature was 10.2 degrees below normal. Last year the monsoon arrived on July 2.