NORTH, CENTRAL INDIA SIZZLE UNDER SEVERE HEATWAVE Delhi logs highest temp of season at 49.9 C 0
Large parts of northern and central India were gripped by extreme heatwave conditions on Tuesday, with temperatures surpassing 50 degrees Celsius in Churu, Rajasthan, and Sirsa, Haryana. The national capital also sizzled, with temperatures settling nine notches above normal for the season.
In Delhi, at least three weather stations recorded maximum temperatures of 49 degrees Celsius or more. Mungeshpur and Narela clocked 49.9 degrees, followed by Najafgarh at 49.8 degrees, according to the weather office. This was the highest temperature recorded in Delhi this season. However, it is noteworthy that the Mungeshpur and Narela weather stations, established in 2022, have only three years of records.
The India Meteorological Department (IMD) indicated no immediate respite from the heatwave conditions for at
least the next two days. IMD Director General Mrutyunjay Mohapatra attributed the heatwave to the absence of Western Disturbances during the latter half of May. Western Dis
turbances are extra-tropical weather systems formed over the Mediterranean Sea, moving from west to east.
“Today, heatwave to severe heatwave conditions prevailed
over most parts of Rajasthan, Haryana-Chandigarh-Delhi, many parts of Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, and isolated pockets of Bihar and Himachal Pradesh,” the IMD reported. It added that heatwave conditions also prevailed in many places over Vidarbha, some pockets of Jammu and Kashmir, and isolated pockets of Uttarakhand
and Chhattisgarh.
Churu in Rajasthan was the hottest place in the country, with a maximum temperature of 50.5 degrees Celsius, followed by