New Delhi:
It was a scorching start to the week in the national capital on Monday with the temperature shooting up to five notches above average at 44.5 degrees Celsius. No respite seems to be in sight as the Met Office said the mercury may touch 45 degrees on Tuesday.
In Palam area of south Delhi yesterday, the temperature stood at 46.2 degrees Celsius, five notches above what is the average for this time of the season.
The minimum temperature settled three notches above average at 29.3 degrees Celsius.
The humidity wavered between a high and low of 39 and 19 percent.
The sky is expected to be clear on Tuesday and the maximum and minimum temperatures are likely to hover around 45 and 30 degrees respectively, the weather office said.
Sunday was the season's hottest day with the temperature soaring to 44.6 degrees, five notches above what's average for this time of the year.
With temperature soaring in Uttar Pradesh, Punjab and Haryana, most parts of north India continues to reel under intense heat.
Even in the usually cool hills of Himachal Pradesh, mercury continued to rise on Monday with temperatures one to seven degrees Celsius above the season's average.
Shimla, at an altitude of 2,130 metres, was "hot" at 29.5 degrees Celsius, a whopping seven notches above what is the average for this time of the season in the "queen of hills". It recorded a high of 29.1 degrees Celsius on Sunday.
In Palam area of south Delhi yesterday, the temperature stood at 46.2 degrees Celsius, five notches above what is the average for this time of the season.
The minimum temperature settled three notches above average at 29.3 degrees Celsius.
The humidity wavered between a high and low of 39 and 19 percent.
The sky is expected to be clear on Tuesday and the maximum and minimum temperatures are likely to hover around 45 and 30 degrees respectively, the weather office said.
Sunday was the season's hottest day with the temperature soaring to 44.6 degrees, five notches above what's average for this time of the year.
With temperature soaring in Uttar Pradesh, Punjab and Haryana, most parts of north India continues to reel under intense heat.
Even in the usually cool hills of Himachal Pradesh, mercury continued to rise on Monday with temperatures one to seven degrees Celsius above the season's average.
Shimla, at an altitude of 2,130 metres, was "hot" at 29.5 degrees Celsius, a whopping seven notches above what is the average for this time of the season in the "queen of hills". It recorded a high of 29.1 degrees Celsius on Sunday.
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