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NEW DELHI: The sizzling heat in the capital touched a new season's high on Monday, breaking through the 45-degree mark to settle at 45.4 degrees Celsius. This was the highest temperature recorded in the month of May since 2002, when the mercury had climbed to 46 degrees C, and was almost two degrees more than Sunday's maximum.
In parts of the city, the maximum was even higher. Palam recorded scorching high of 47.6 degrees C, the highest temperature ever seen at the station in for the month of May.
While the Met department hasn't held out any hope of the heat wave relenting, it claimed that the maximum temperature could fall just a shade in the next couple of days with the city likely to witness a few thunderstorms and squalls. Sunday also recorded trace rainfall.
Ayanagar and Ridge stations recorded 46.2 and 46 degrees C, respectively. The minimum temperature recorded was 28.2 degrees Celsius, one degree above normal.
Met officials said most parts of northwest India were in the grip of intense heat caused largely by absence of rain. While many places in Rajasthan were in the throes of a severe heat wave, other areas in the region -- Haryana, Punjab and west UP -- were experiencing above normal temperatures. The region's highest temperature on Monday was recorded at Sriganganagar in Rajasthan at 47.8 degrees C.
"The situation is likely to change in the next couple of days. Isolated squalls are expected in Himachal Pradesh, Jammu and Kashmir, Haryana, Delhi, Rajasthan, UP and Uttarakhand. Rainfall will decrease thereafter. The maximum temperature will also fall by about 2 to 4 degrees over northwest, east and adjoining central India and the peninsular region," said a Met official.
Delhi has so far not received much rain though the normal rainfall for the month of May is 17.5mm.
"Even though Monday was slightly cloudy, it was impossible to spend more than a few minutes out in the open. The sun was extremely harsh and I had to cancel all my afternoon appointments so I could stay inside my airconditioned office," said Pradeep Verma, a resident of Patparganj.
This is already proving to be a particularly long and harsh summer. The heat started in March itself, which was the second warmest month of March in recorded history. On March 21, the maximum temperature climbed to 39.2 degrees C, the highest for a single day of that month in 65 years.
Delhi's hottest day of 2010, 47.6°C at IGI - Delhi - City - The Times of India
In parts of the city, the maximum was even higher. Palam recorded scorching high of 47.6 degrees C, the highest temperature ever seen at the station in for the month of May.
While the Met department hasn't held out any hope of the heat wave relenting, it claimed that the maximum temperature could fall just a shade in the next couple of days with the city likely to witness a few thunderstorms and squalls. Sunday also recorded trace rainfall.
Ayanagar and Ridge stations recorded 46.2 and 46 degrees C, respectively. The minimum temperature recorded was 28.2 degrees Celsius, one degree above normal.
Met officials said most parts of northwest India were in the grip of intense heat caused largely by absence of rain. While many places in Rajasthan were in the throes of a severe heat wave, other areas in the region -- Haryana, Punjab and west UP -- were experiencing above normal temperatures. The region's highest temperature on Monday was recorded at Sriganganagar in Rajasthan at 47.8 degrees C.
"The situation is likely to change in the next couple of days. Isolated squalls are expected in Himachal Pradesh, Jammu and Kashmir, Haryana, Delhi, Rajasthan, UP and Uttarakhand. Rainfall will decrease thereafter. The maximum temperature will also fall by about 2 to 4 degrees over northwest, east and adjoining central India and the peninsular region," said a Met official.
Delhi has so far not received much rain though the normal rainfall for the month of May is 17.5mm.
"Even though Monday was slightly cloudy, it was impossible to spend more than a few minutes out in the open. The sun was extremely harsh and I had to cancel all my afternoon appointments so I could stay inside my airconditioned office," said Pradeep Verma, a resident of Patparganj.
This is already proving to be a particularly long and harsh summer. The heat started in March itself, which was the second warmest month of March in recorded history. On March 21, the maximum temperature climbed to 39.2 degrees C, the highest for a single day of that month in 65 years.
Delhi's hottest day of 2010, 47.6°C at IGI - Delhi - City - The Times of India
