On Saturday, the capital city witnessed a maximum temperature of 43.5 degrees Celsius which was five notches higher than the normal temperature of the year.
New Delhi: Delhi’s maximum temperature on Sunday settled at 40.5 Degree Celsius, which is two notches warmer than the normal temperature for this time of the year, according to the India Meteorological Department (IMD). It recorded a slight dip in the maximum temperature as compared to Saturday.
On Saturday, the capital city witnessed a maximum temperature of 43.5 degrees Celsius which was five notches higher than the normal temperature of the year.
The minimum temperature in the city settled at 25.8 degrees Celsius, which was one notch above the normal temperature for this time of the season, IMD data stated. The relative humidity recorded at the Safdarjung observatory, in the morning at 8:30 A.M was 61 per cent and 36 per cent in the evening at 5:30 PM.
The weather stations at Ridge, Ayanagar, Mungeshpur, Najafgarh, Pitampura, Palam, and Lodhi Road recorded maximum temperatures of 40.4 degrees Celsius, 44.6 degrees Celsius, 41.4 degrees Celsius, 42.1 degrees Celsius, 41.1 degrees Celsius, 40.2 degrees Celsius and 39.6 degrees Celsius respectively, stated the IMD data.
The national capital recorded a maximum temperature of 43.7 degrees Celsius on April 18, 2010. The all-time high temperature for the month is 45.6 degrees Celsius, which was recorded on April 29, 1941.
The IMD on Sunday predicted that the heatwave conditions to continue over Northwest India and over Central India during the next two days and abate thereafter.
While informing about the thunderstorm, the IMD said that the thunderstorm activity was very likely over Northwest and East India till 04th May and over Northeast India till 03rd May, 2022.
“Heatwave to severe heatwave conditions prevailed over some parts of Delhi; in isolated pockets over Gurgaon, Chandigarh, and Himachal Pradesh; heatwave conditions prevailed in many parts of West Rajasthan; in some parts of Punjab and Vidarbha; in isolated pockets over Haryana, Interior Odisha, Jharkhand, Kutch, Uttar Pradesh, and North Madhya Pradesh,” IMD said in a statement.
The weather station advised the general public to avoid heat exposure and keep cool, avoid dehydration, drink sufficient water even if not thirsty, avoid heat exposure, wear lightweight, light-colored, loose, cotton clothes and cover the head by use of cloth, hat or umbrella, etc, use ORS, homemade drinks like lassi, Torani (rice water), lemon water, buttermilk, etc, to keep yourself hydrated to avoid any health issue.
