Scorching day in North India (Lead)
May 19th, 2011 - 11:06 pm ICT by IANSNew Delhi, May 19 (IANS) North India continued to reel under high temperatures, with no respite from the scorching sun.
In Delhi, the maximum temperature was three notches above average at 42.3 degrees Celsius. However, the city can expect some relief as the Met Office has forecast thundershowers Friday.
“The skies will remain partly cloudy tomorrow (Friday) and there is a possibility of duststorms accompanied by rain in some parts of the city,” an official of the India Meteorological Department (IMD) said.
The minimum temperature was four notches above average at 28.8 degrees. Humidity levels wavered between a high of 49 and a low of 26 percent.
In other parts of northern India, Jaipur recorded a maximum of 43.6 degrees Celsius, three notches above the average.
Even as vacationers headed to the northern Indian mountains for summer holidays, some of the major cities in the Himalayan area also recorded high temperatures.
In Jammu, the maximum temperature rose three degrees to 40.8 degree celsius, with a haze hanging over the city, while Srinagar recorded 32.3 degrees, eight notches above the average. Shimla recorded 28 degrees, up 5.5 degrees. Chandigarh was at 40.2 degrees, two notches above the average.
There was, however, a dip in temperatures in Lucknow, which recorded around 36.4 degrees, down 5.5 degrees from what is the average innthe city for this time of the season.
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