NEW DELHI: A blistering heat wave continued to grip large sections of northern and central India on Wednesday, with the national capital’s highest temperature reaching a 79-year high.
While Delhi’s primary weather station, Safdarjung observatory, recorded a maximum temperature of 46.8 degrees Celsius, weather officials in the city were perplexed when Mungeshpur reported 52.9 degrees, prompting the IMD to investigate the automatic weather station in the area for possible sensor errors.
The India Meteorological Department (IMD) reported that on Wednesday, cities and towns in Haryana, Delhi, Punjab, Rajasthan, and Uttar Pradesh had maximum temperatures over 47 degrees Celsius. Rohtak and Prayagraj registered the highest temperatures ever recorded in the nation, at 48.8 degrees.
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