Heatwave continued in northern parts of the country with the mercury soaring above 45 degrees Celsius mark at many places, including Rajasthan whose Churu district remained the hottest at 47 degrees Celsius on Monday.

Delhi reeled under the hot weather spell with some parts of the national capital recording temperatures above 44 degrees Celsius. However, as per Safdarjung observatory, the official figure for the city, the maximum temperature was registered at 42.8 degrees Celsius, while the minimum was recorded at 27.6 degrees Celsius. 

The humidity levels oscillated between 60 and 19 per cent. Blistering heat continued to affect normal life in parts of Rajasthan, where the mercury soared to 47 degrees Celsius in Churu. Sriganganagar and Bikaner recorded a maximum temperature of 46.5 and 46 degrees Celsius, respectively followed by Jaisalmer (45.5), Barmer (45.2) and Kota (45.1).

Pilani, Ajmer and Jaipur recorded a maximum temperature of 44.2, 44 and 43.6 degrees Celsius, respectively.

On the other hand, very light rains occurred at isolated places in eastern parts of the state since Sunday. Ajmer recorded 1.4 mm of rains, while Jaipur and Pilani received traces of rain till Monday evening. Heatwave conditions continued in Uttar Pradesh as well, where Banda registered the highest temperature of 46 degrees Celsius. Lucknow recorded a maximum temperature of 38.2 degrees Celsius, while the minimum stood at 28.1 degrees Celsius. Jhansi witnessed a high of 44.7 degrees Celsius, followed by Agra (43.4), Etawah (43.2), Orai (43), Hamirpur (42.6), Allahabad and Aligarh (both 42), Fatehgarh (41.5), Meerut (40.7), Varanasi (40.6), Kanpur (40.2) and Hardoi (40).

At 45.5 degrees Celsius, Narnaul was recorded as the hottest place in the two states of Punjab and Haryana where the maximum temperatures in most parts remained above the 40 degrees Celsius mark. Hisar in Haryana registered a high of 45.4 degrees Celsius, while Ambala and Karnal recorded their respective maximum at 41.8 and 42 degrees Celsius, respectively.

In Punjab, Amritsar's maximum was 42.4 degrees Celsius, while Ludhiana and Patiala recorded 43.1 and 43 degrees Celsius, respectively. Chandigarh recorded a maximum temperature of 41.7 degrees Celsius. Bihar witnessed a slight drop in mercury where clouds and gentle wind since late afternoon effected a respite from sweltering heat.

Patna registered a maximum temperature of 36 degrees Celsius, while Gaya recorded 39.4 degrees Celsius. Bhagalpur registered a maximum temperature of 37 degrees Celsius, while Purnea recorded 34.5 degrees Celsius.

Source: Timesofoman