A piercing sun took the charm out of Delhiites' holiday on Sunday as mercury remained over 40 degree Celsius for the third day while weatherman predicted a harsher day on Monday.

The maximum settled at 40.6 degree Celsius from Saturday's 41.1 degrees, the season's highest so far, while the minimum was recorded at 26.4 degrees, 1.5 degrees down from Friday.

The maximum was three degrees below normal while the minimum was two degrees below normal for this time of the year. The past three days have been witnessing temperature above 40 degree Celsius.

The humidity was recorded between 24 and 55 per cent.

The weatherman has predicted that the temperature will oscillate between 26 and 42 Celsius on Monday.