Photos: First heatwave of the season hits Delhi
The maximum temperature in Delhi on June 29 touched 43 degrees Celsius, which was the highest recording this year, with the India Meteorological Department (IMD) classifying it as the first heatwave day this season. In the plains, heatwave days are classified when the maximum temperature crosses 40 degrees Celsius, and when the day temperature exceeds the region’s normal maximum temperature by 4.5 degrees Celsius. A severe heatwave is declared when there is a departure of 6.5 degrees Celsius or above from normal temperatures.
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A fan placed near a Covid-19 patient at the Commonwealth Games (CWG) Covid care centre in New Delhi on June 29, when the maximum temperature in Delhi touched 43 degrees Celsius, which classifying it as the first heatwave day this season according to the India Meteorological Department (IMD).(Raj K Raj / HT Photo)
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Security personnel covering themselves with a piece of cloth and holding an umbrella walk during the scorching heat, in New Delhi in June 30. IMD recordings showed that the maximum temperature at the Safdarjung observatory was 43 degrees Celsius on June 29, six degrees above what is considered normal for this time of the year. The minimum temperature was 27.4 degrees Celsius, a notch below normal.(Shahbaz Khan / PTI)
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A girl selling fresh jamun (black plum) waits for customers at a roadside stall in New Delhi on June 30. An IMD official said this was the first heatwave recording of the season. “In the beginning and even till mid-June we have seen maximum temperatures in Delhi rise up to 48 degrees Celsius, but by end of June, temperatures tend to come down,” a senior IMD official told HT.(Sajjad Hussain / AFP)
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A man covers his head with a cloth to protect himself from heat on a hot afternoon in New Delhi on June 29. Mahesh Palawat, vice-president (climate change and meteorology) at Skymet Weather, a private weather forecaster, said the reason behind such high temperatures in Delhi was the dry westerly winds blowing over the national capital.(ANI)
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