17 May,2016 06:23 PM IST | | mid-day Online Correspondent
The temperatures are soaring and with that discomfiture too. Here's how young kids enjoyed in the waters at a fountain to beat the heat at India Gate as the mercury rises in New Delhi
The temperatures are soaring and with that discomfiture too. Here's how young kids enjoyed in the waters at a fountain to beat the heat at India Gate as the mercury rises in New Delhi.
Intense hot weather conditions continued unabated in the national capital for the fourth consecutive day today, as the maximum temperature rose to 43.4 degrees Celsius.
The Safdarjung observatory, reading of which is considered the official figure for the city, registered a maximum temperature of 43.4 degrees Celsius, three notches above the season's average. At Palam Observatory, the maximum temperature was recorded at 45.2 degrees Celsius.
The minimum temperature was recorded at 26.4 degrees Celsius, normal for this time of the year, the official said. The humidity level oscillated between 60 per cent and 16 per cent. There is a likelihood of dust storm and thunderstorm towards the night, the official said.
On Monday, the maximum temperature was recorded at 42.6 degrees Celsius and the minimum temperature had settled at 27.4 degrees.
The national capital experienced another scorching day on Sunday with the maximum temperature settling at 42.6 degrees Celsius, two notches above the season's average, while minimum temperature settled at 27.4 degrees Celsius, two notches above the season's average.
