Delhiites may continue to reel under extreme weather for couple of days as the IMD has forecast similar conditions till Tuesday. Weathermen have predicted the temperature will keep hovering around 45°C.
There will be one degree dip on Wednesday onwards and the day may witness cloudy weather. Meanwhile, there was no respite from heat on Saturday in the national Capital as maximum temperature of the city recorded 44.9°C. The maximum temperature was five notches above normal and slightly below from Friday’s 45°C. The minimum temperature breached the 30°C mark as it settled at 30.8°C, three points above normal.
Palam too recorded a 33-year high temperature with the mercury settling at 47.0°C. The Palam Observatory registered a scorching 47.0°C, 0.2°C lower than Friday’s temperature. The hottest was not just for this season but also in the last 33 years. “Before this, the day temperature (at Palam) was recorded at 47.4°C in 1981 here,” said a Met official. The maximum temperature at Aaya Nagar in South-East Delhi was recorded at 46.5°C while it was 46°C in the ridge areas. Hot and dry winds and the blazing sun ensured that Delhiites have to sweat it out if they dared to step out.
City dwellers faced heat on Saturday also as temperature was almost 45°C, 0.1°C lower to Friday’s temperature which was highest in five years. People scorched under an intense heat wave with the mercury expected to go up further on Saturday. “Sunday could be hotter again as maximum temperature may touch 45°C while the minimum is expected to remain around 32°C.
On Monday and Tuesday, the maximum will be around 46°C and 45°C whereas the minimum will settle at 31°C,” said a Met official adding that Wednesday onwards the temperature will be 44°C and below. On Wednesday and Thursday, the maximum temperature is expected to be 44°C and 43°C respectively.
Humidity levels were recorded between 51 per cent and 21 per cent during the day. There seems to be no respite for Delhiites from the scorching heat in the next couple of days as the weatherman has predicted that the day temperature may continue to hover around 45°C and the minimum around 30°C till June 10. Weathermen have forecast a mainly clear sky on Sunday with maximum temperature expected to remain around 45°C while the minimum is expected to be around 30°C.