Mercury rising: At 48 degrees Celsius, Delhi records a 100-year high

Monday’s temperature breached the previous all-time high (for June) of 47.8 C recorded exactly five years ago on June 9, 2014, official data from the IMD shows

Current Affairs:- The Indira Gandhi International Airport in Delhi recorded a temperature of 48 degrees Celsius on Monday, which is the most noteworthy at the air terminal in the only remaining century for the long stretch of June.

Monday’s temperature ruptured the past record-breaking high (for June) of 47.8 C recorded precisely five years prior on June 9, 2014, official information from the India Meteorological Department (IMD) appears.

The untouched record for all months in Delhi (airplane terminal locale) is 48.4 degrees Celsius recorded in May 1998.

In the whole swathe of the northern fields, from Amritsar in Punjab to Prayagraj in Uttar Pradesh, most extreme temperatures neared or ruptured their record-breaking record for June on Monday. Towns in Andhra Pradesh and Telangana, as well, confronted the warmth.

The capital city was spared from the extraordinary temperature somewhat, with the mercury ascending to 45.6 degrees Celsius, a degree lower than the record-breaking high of 46.7 degrees Celsius for June recorded on June 17, 1945, two years before freedom.

While the most extreme temperature at the airplane terminal was 8 degrees Celsius over the typical during the current day, in the city, it was 6 degrees Celsius better than average. The base temperature, in any case, was 27.2 degrees Celsius, lower by a degree than the typical during the current day.

Mercury had risen not just in the capital city. As indicated by IMD information, Churu town in Rajasthan recorded a most extreme temperature of 50.3 degrees

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