City sizzles as Met dept extends heatwave alert
After sizzling at the highest day temperatures today, citizens of south Bengal, including Kolkata could face harsher days with the probability of temperature going up in the next few days.
Delhi and its adjoining parts in the National Capital Region woke up to cloudy skies and rain on Wednesday morning. The change in the weather conditions brought some relief from the searing heat, with the Meteorological department recording a minimum temperature of 28 degrees Celsius.
The sky is likely to remain generally cloudy throughout the day with one or more spells of rain or thundershowers, an India Meteorological Department (IMD) official said.
The maximum temperature is expected to be around 32 degrees Celsius.
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At 8.30 am, the humidity was recorded at 55 per cent.
On Tuesday, the maximum temperature settled at 34.2 degrees, three notches below the season’s average, while the minimum temperature was recorded at 27 degrees Celsius, the season’s average.
According to Skymet Weather, monsoon may reach Delhi by June 28 or 29, with scattered rain continuing until July 2.
(With agency inputs)
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