India, May 17 -- Parts of the city received patches of light rain on Friday evening while the maximum temperature peaked to the highest so far this year. According to the forecast, rain will continue on Saturday and the temperature is expected to drop over the next few days.

The India Meteorological Department (IMD) has issued a yellow alert for Saturday.

The maximum temperature on Friday was logged at 42.3 degrees Celsius (degC) -1.9degC above normal and up from Thursday's 40.6degC. Before Friday, the highest maximum was recorded at 42.1degC on April 26. Delhi's minimum temperature was at 26.2degC on Friday - 0.3degC below normal and a marginal rise from 25.4degC a day ago.

According to the IMD forecast, the maximum temperature is exp...