After coolest April, mercury tops 40C in Delhi (Lead)
April 29th, 2011 - 8:31 pm ICT by IANSNew Delhi, April 29 (IANS) After the coolest April in Delhi for a decade, the heat is rising. The mercury crossed the 40 degrees Celsius mark Friday for the second time in the month, and will go higher in the days ahead, said the Met Office.
The maximum temperature Friday was 40.8 degrees, three notches above what is an average for this time of the season, an official of India Meteorological Department (IMD) said.
“The minimum temperature Friday was also two notches above average at 26.4 degrees Celsius,” the official said, adding that the humidity levels wavered between a high of 63 percent and a low of 21 percent.
The weather is expected to remain the same Saturday with the maximum and minimum temperatures hovering around 40 and 26 degrees Celsius, said the IMD official.
“The skies will remain partly cloudy and the temperatures will increase over the weekend,” added the official.
On April 25 too, the maximum temperature touched 40 degrees.
April this year has been the coolest in the last 10 years. According to the IMD, around this time last year, the temperature had soared to 43.7 degrees Celsius.
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