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Delhi swelters under heatwave, red alert issued
Updated On: 19 June, 2024 07:33 AM IST | New Delhi | Agencies
The humidity was 61 per cent at 8.30 am. The maximum temperature is likely to settle around 45 degrees Celsius, it stated
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A woman sips on cold water for relief from heat in Delhi. Pic/PTI
The national capital on Tuesday recorded a minimum temperature of 33.8 degrees Celsius, six notches above the season’s average. The weather department has predicted mainly clear sky and heatwave to severe heatwave conditions and strong surface winds.
The humidity was 61 per cent at 8.30 am. The maximum temperature is likely to settle around 45 degrees Celsius, it stated. The threshold for a heat wave is met when the maximum temperature of a weather station reaches at least 40 degrees Celsius in the plains, 37 degrees in coastal areas, and 30 degrees in hilly regions, and the departure from normal is at least 4.5 notches.
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