Heatwave continued in northern
parts of the country with the mercury soaring above 45 degrees
Celsius mark at many places, including Rajasthan whose Churu
district remained the hottest at 47 degrees Celsius today.
Heatwave continued in northern
parts of the country with the mercury soaring above 45 degrees
Celsius mark at many places, including Rajasthan whose Churu
district remained the hottest at 47 degrees Celsius today.
Delhi reeled under the hot weather spell with some parts
of the national capital recording temperatures above 44
degrees Celsius.
However, as per Safdarjung observatory, the official
figure for the city, the maximum temperature was registered at
42.8 degrees Celsius, while the minimum was recorded at 27.6
degrees Celsius.
The humidity levels oscillated between 60 and 19 per
cent.
Blistering heat continued to affect normal life in parts
of Rajasthan, where the mercury soared to 47 degrees Celsius
in Churu.
Sriganganagar and Bikaner recorded a maximum temperature
of 46.5 and 46 degrees Celsius, respectively followed by
Jaisalmer (45.5), Barmer (45.2) and Kota (45.1).
Pilani, Ajmer and Jaipur recorded a maximum temperature
of 44.2, 44 and 43.6 degrees Celsius, respectively.
On the other hand, very light rains occurred at isolated
places in eastern parts of the state till morning today since
yesterday.
Ajmer recorded 1.4 mm of rains, while Jaipur and Pilani
received traces of rain till this evening.
Heatwave conditions continued in Uttar Pradesh as well,
where Banda registered the highest temperature of 46 degrees
Celsius.
Lucknow recorded a maximum temperature of 38.2 degrees
Celsius, while the minimum stood at 28.1 degrees Celsius.
Jhansi witnessed a high of 44.7 degrees Celsius, followed
by Agra (43.4), Etawah (43.2), Orai (43), Hamirpur (42.6),
Allahabad and Aligarh (both 42), Fatehgarh (41.5), Meerut
(40.7), Varanasi (40.6), Kanpur (40.2) and Hardoi (40).
At 45.5 degrees Celsius, Narnaul was recorded as the
hottest place in the two states of Punjab and Haryana where
the maximum temperatures in most parts remained above the 40
degrees Celsius mark.
Hisar in Haryana registered a high of 45.4 degrees
Celsius, while Ambala and Karnal recorded their respective
maximum at 41.8 and 42 degrees Celsius, respectively.
In Punjab, Amritsar's maximum was 42.4 degrees Celsius,
while Ludhiana and Patiala recorded 43.1 and 43 degrees
Celsius, respectively.
Chandigarh recorded a maximum temperature of 41.7 degrees
Celsius.
Bihar witnessed a slight drop in mercury where clouds
and gentle wind since late afternoon effected a respite from
sweltering heat.
Patna registered a maximum temperature of 36 degrees
Celsius, while Gaya recorded 39.4 degrees Celsius.
Bhagalpur registered a maximum temperature of 37 degrees
Celsius, while Purnea recorded 34.5 degrees Celsius.
(This article has not been edited by DNA's editorial team and is auto-generated from an agency feed.)
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