Parts of Delhi sizzled under intense heatwave sending the mercury soaring to 47.3 degrees Celsius on Sunday which is seven notches warmer than the normal temperature for this time of the year, at Mungeshpur observatory.
According to the data released by the weather station, the observatories at Ridge, Ayanagar, Safdarjung, Najafgarh, Pitampura, Palam, and Lodhi Road recorded maximum temperatures of 45.7 degrees Celsius, 44 degrees Celsius, 44.2 degrees Celsius, 46.3 degrees Celsius, 46.2 degrees Celsius, 44.5 degrees Celsius and 43.9 degrees Celsius respectively.
The minimum temperature in the capital city settled at 27.4 degrees Celsius, which is normal for this season, according to the India Meteorological Department (IMD). The relative humidity in Delhi on Sunday at 8:30 in the morning was 23 per cent and 16 per cent at 5:30 in the evening, recorded at Safdarjung observatory.
The IMD said that the Capital city witnessed partly clouded sky with the maximum temperature touching up to 44 degrees Celsius.
“On Sunday, heatwave to severe heat wave conditions prevailed over some parts of the capital city,” it said.
“Heat wave conditions prevailed over some parts of Vidarbha and over isolated pockets of Himachal Pradesh, Punjab, Haryana, West Rajasthan and Uttar Pradesh,” IMD said.
The weather station predicted no respite for the delhiites this week, as the strong winds will surface Delhi on 6th-10th June with the maximum temperature of 42-43 degree Celsius and the minimum temperature will shoot upto 27-28 degree Celsius.
On 11th June, the city will witness a partly cloudy sky with the possibility of rain or thunderstorm with a maximum temperature of 41 degrees Celsius and the minimum temperature of 29 degrees Celsius, predicted the weather department.