Delhi melts at 52.3 degrees Celsius, highest temperature ever recorded in Capital

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NEW DELHI: Breaking all the records, northwest Delhi’s Mungeshpur area on Wednesday recorded maximum temperature of 52.3 degrees Celsius, highest ever for the capital.
The temperature was recorded at Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalaya in Mungeshpur village that doubles up as an automatic weather station (AWS).
The area lies around 50km north of the city centre.
The AWS centre has been recording the city’s hottest maximum temperature for the past few days.

“It’s excessively hot, almost as if it is raining fire,” exclaimed Pradeep Kumar, the school vice-principal.
“Last year, at peak summer, there were no heatwaves. It even rained occasionally. Even a year before that, the summer hadn’t been as punishing.”