Orange alert in Delhi: According to IMD, Delhi, at 42.4 degrees Celsius, recorded its hottest April day in five years on Saturday. Earlier, the national capital had recorded a high temperature of 43.2 degrees Celsius on April 21, 2017.
The Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) issued an orange alert on Sunday as high tide levels are likely to continue unabated in the city.
According to IMD, Delhi, at 42.4 degrees Celsius, recorded its hottest April day in five years on Saturday. Earlier, the country’s capital had recorded a high temperature of 43.2 degrees Celsius on April 21, 2017.
At that time, the highest monthly temperature was recorded on April 29, 1941 at 45.6 degrees Celsius.
In its warning, the weather department said it was the first time in 72 years that Delhi recorded such a high temperature in the first half of April.
The highest temperature on Friday was recorded at 41.6 degrees Celsius at Safdarjung monitoring station.
Gurugram, on the other hand, recorded a high temperature of 44.5 degrees Celsius, 10 degrees above average, and is very close to the highest temperature of 44.8 degrees Celsius recorded on April 28, 1979 in Gurugram.
In Haryana’s Faridabad, the maximum temperature is recorded at 45.2 degrees Celsius.
The weather office has issued an orange warning about a hot storm in Delhi on Sunday.
IMD uses four-color codes for weather alerts – green (no action required), yellow (view and stay informed), orange (prepared) and red (take action).
The high temperature of 42.4 degrees Celsius at Delhi station, Safdarjung Observatory, was eight degrees above normal this time of year.
At 44.5 degrees Celsius, Gurgaon was 10 degrees below zero. Gurgaon’s all-time high temperature of 44.8 degrees Celsius was recorded on April 28, 1979.
The mercury is located at 45.2 degrees Celsius in Haryana’s Faridabad.
With the exception of SPS Mayur Vihar, which recorded a maximum of 40.2 degrees Celsius, all the automatic weather stations in the city recorded temperatures above 42 degrees Celsius, IMD data shown. Weather stations in Ridge, Ayanagar, Mungeshpur, Najafgarh, Pitampura and Sports Complex recorded high temperatures of 43.9 degrees Celsius, 43.6 degrees Celsius, 43 degrees Celsius, 43.3 degrees Celsius, 43.4 degrees Celsius and 43.9 degrees Celsius, respectively.
Flexible conditions could bring relief from the grip of the heat from Tuesday, IMD said.
Parts of the national capital have been moving under the heat wave since last week with temperatures above 40 degrees Celsius.
IMD officials say prolonged droughts have led to “bad” tropical climate in northwestern India.
The Department of Meteorology said in northwestern India and parts of central and central India it was predicted that they would experience extreme temperatures and frequent temperatures in April.
Mahesh Palawat, vice president (Meteorology And Climate Change), Skymet Weather, said it was a mistake for the high temperature to break the 45-degree mark in the northwestern parts of India in the first 10 days of April.
There has been no pre-rain activity, including dust storms and thunderstorms, in the region so far. Long-distance models also did not predict any significant weather program in the next 15 days, he said.
There is a good chance that Delhi could record a higher number than the average heat wave days in April, said Mr Palawat.
The capital has already recorded three days of heatwave this month and the ongoing heatwave spell may continue for another two to three days, he said.
On the plains, a ‘heatwave’ is declared when the maximum temperature is above 40 degrees Celsius and at least 4.5 notes above normal. A ‘strong heatwave’ is announced when the average temperature is above 6.4 notes, according to the IMD.
This year, India recorded its warmest March of 122 years with a tropical storm that engulfed the country’s large grasslands during the month.
The Department of Climate Change states that the heat was due to a lack of rainfall due to the absence of western disturbances in northern India and any major system in southern India.
The whole country recorded 8.9 mm of rainfall, which was 71 percent lower than its long-term rainfall of 30.4 mm. It was also the third lowest rainfall in March from 1901 after 7.2 mm in 1909 and 8.7 mm in 1908.
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