India, May 19 -- After the winds came the calm. After a day marked by building collapse, trees being uprooted and infrastructure damages due to gusty winds of over 70 kilometres per hour (kmph), Delhi clocked a relatively uneventful day, with a maximum temperature of 41.4 degrees Celsius (degC) and surface winds of 15-20kmph speed, despite a yellow alert in place for most of the day, according to the India Meteorological Department (IMD).

While there is no colour-coded alert from Monday, IMD forecasted isolated spells of light rain and winds up to a speed of 50kmph, which will keep maximum temperature in check and avoid heatwave conditions at least till May 24, IMD said.

The favourable meteorology also kept Delhi's air quality in the "m...