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Delhi on Saturday recorded a maximum temperature of 41.8C (Image File: PTI)
On Saturday, the mercury touched 38.5°C in Mumbai. The last time similar daytime temperatures were recorded in the city during the month of June was in 2014 when the mercury touched 38°C.
Delhi and Mumbai continued to stumble under sweltering heat on Saturday. While the national capital recorded a maximum temperature 2 degrees higher than the season average, India’s financial capital recorded the hottest June day in nearly 10 years.
On Saturday, the mercury touched 38.5°C in Mumbai. The last time a similar day temperature was recorded in the city was during June 2014 when the mercury touched 38°C.
Sushma Nair, a scientist at the Indian Meteorological Department’s Santa Cruz Observatory, said the sharp rise in temperature was due to the delay in the sea breeze and southerly winds. Times of India. The Department of Meteorology has been keeping records since 1979.
However, Mumbaikars may soon feel relief from the scorching heat as IMD said there is a possibility of thunderstorms with light rain in several districts of Maharashtra, including Mumbai this week.
Meanwhile, Delhi on Saturday recorded a maximum temperature of 41.8 degrees Celsius, which is two degrees higher than the average for the season, the meteorological agency said, adding that the minimum temperature settled one degree above normal at 26.7 degrees Celsius.
On Sunday, the Met Office predicted strong surface winds during the day. The maximum and minimum temperatures are likely to settle around 43 and 27 degrees Celsius, respectively.
The Met Office said the relative humidity fluctuated between 38 and 49 percent.
Cyclone Piparjoy and monsoons in India
IMD said Saturday that Typhoon Biparjoy is set to intensify into a “very severe cyclonic storm” over the next 12 hours. “The wards of the north-northeast during the next 24 hours, then gradually from north to northwest over the next three days,” she added.
IMD said the ‘Biparjoy’ over the Arabian Sea was about 700km from Goa, 620km from Mumbai, 580km from Porbandar and 890km from Karachi (Pakistan).
The Meteorological Agency predicted that along and between the coasts of Saurashtra and Kutch, gusty winds may increase to 40-50 kmph to 60 kmph on 11 June; Its speed is from 45-55kph to 65kph during June 12, and 50-60kph at speeds of up to 70kph during June 13th-15th.
IMD said the southwest monsoon had advanced further to some parts of Kerala and Karnataka, most parts of the northeastern Bay of Bengal, and many parts of the northeastern states on Saturday.
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