With record breaking temperature, the summer this year seems to be a challenge for Delhiites and people across the country. Delhi’s Palam Observatory recorded the maximum temperature of 44 degrees Celsius for the second consecutive day on Sunday, which is six degrees above the normal. The minimum temperature in Delhi was 29.8 degrees Celsius, eight degrees above normal. However, there is some relief in store as the weatherman predicted dust storm and thunderstorm in the city with the posibility of soaring mercury dipping by two degrees on Monday.
“The Sunday morning was cloudy and the minimum temperature recorded at 29.8 degrees Celsius at 8.30 am was eight degrees above normal for the season… The sky will be partly cloudy and dust storm and thunderstorm are likely to occur either by Monday morning, which is expected to bring down the temperature,” said an official of India Meteorological Department (IMD).
Environment scientists told The Pioneer that the severe weather condition is occurring due to no rainfall.
“Also, El Niño is a global factor for such condition… As soon as thunderstorm comes, the current hot wind will go up and light cool wind will come down,” said IMD Director BP Yadav.
Several other parts of the country continued to reel under scorching heat on Sunday as mercury hit a high of 46.3 degrees Celsius in Odisha’s Titlagarh while pre-monsoon showers accompanied by squall and hailstorm created havoc in Mizoram destroying hundreds of houses.