Page 6 - Summer

Delhi records second highest mean max temp for February since 1901

Delhi has recorded mean maximum temperature of 27.9 degrees Celsius in February, the second highest recorded for the month in the last 120 years, the Indian Meteorological Department said on Sunday. The highest mean maximum temperature recorded for February in Delhi was 29.7 degrees Celsius in 2006, the IMD officials said. On Sunday, a minimum temperature of 15.6 degrees Celsius, three notches above the season's average, was recorded, while the maximum temperature was 32.3 degrees Celsius, the Met Department said. The weather department has predicted clear sky for Monday with mist in the morning. The maximum and minimum temperatures are expected to be around 31 and 13 degrees Celsius respectively. Delhi's air quality was in the poor category throughout the day with the air quality index (AQI) recorded at 211, the realtime data of the Central Pollution Control Board showed. According to the Ministry of Earth Sciences' System of Air Quality and Weather Forecasting and Research (SA

Heatwave may continue in several parts of India during next 24 hours: IMD

On Tuesday, Delhi recorded a maximum of 47.6 degrees Celsius in the Palam area

IMD predicts warmer summer; experts unclear on whether it halts Covid-19

If there is any inverse relation between the spread of Covid-19 and high temperature, India might be in for a better spot

This summer is likely to be hotter than normal, says IMD forecast

Northwest India comprises UP, Rajasthan, Delhi, Punjab, and Haryana. Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh are parts of central India, while Gujarat and Maharashtra come under west India.

How people keep their cool during summer in Churu, India's hottest place

Advisories ask people to stay indoors between noon and 3 pm, and warn against making beasts of burden toil in these hours

The summer of discontent

Cooler weather should at least ensure there won't be too many frayed feathers - or tempers. Who knows, maybe my mother and I will even start being civil again

Dust from West Asia on Tibetan plateau affects Indian summer monsoon: Study

Airborne particles such as dust and soot that absorb sunlight settle on top of Tibetan Plateau's snowpack in spring before the monsoons begin

Window planters to aam panna: How to beat the heat this summer

Here are some ways to deal with the Indian summer the natural way

Now Skymet too warns of extremely hot summer this year

After IMD, private weather forecasting agency, Skymet too said today the coming summer season in India is expected to be extremely hot due to very less winter rains which normally occurs during December to February.The rains happen primarily over northwestern plains of Punjab, Haryana, Delhi-NCR, North Rajasthan and West Uttar Pradesh."In the absence of winter rains, levels of humidity also remained low and in turn dense fog that is peculiar phenomena of this part of the year also remained absent. All these factors coupled together kept the day temperatures high. Moreover, continuous approach of Western Disturbances blocked the flow of icy cold northwesterly winds, leading to further rise in mercury," Skymet said in its analysis posted on its website.It said that further as the country gradually progresses towards the pre-monsoon season, weather models are not indicating of much pre-monsoon activities over Northwest India that include rain and thundershowers, dust storm or hail ...

Hottest February day in Delhi since 2007

Notably, on February 20 this year, Delhi had registered a maximum temperature of 32.4 degrees

Summer sowing in Gujarat dips 22% on lack of water for irrigation

Summer sowing on 758,600 hectares this year is down by 215,300 hectares from 973,900 hectares in 2015