Heatwave continued in northern

parts of the country with the mercury soaring above 45 degrees

Celsius mark at many places, including Rajasthan whose Churu

district remained the hottest at 47 degrees Celsius today.

Delhi reeled under the hot weather spell with some parts

of the national capital recording temperatures above 44

degrees Celsius.

However, as per Safdarjung observatory, the official

figure for the city, the maximum temperature was registered at

42.8 degrees Celsius, while the minimum was recorded at 27.6

degrees Celsius.

The humidity levels oscillated between 60 and 19 per

cent.

Blistering heat continued to affect normal life in parts

of Rajasthan, where the mercury soared to 47 degrees Celsius

in Churu.

Sriganganagar and Bikaner recorded a maximum temperature

of 46.5 and 46 degrees Celsius, respectively followed by

Jaisalmer (45.5), Barmer (45.2) and Kota (45.1).

Pilani, Ajmer and Jaipur recorded a maximum temperature

of 44.2, 44 and 43.6 degrees Celsius, respectively.

On the other hand, very light rains occurred at isolated

places in eastern parts of the state till morning today since

yesterday.

Ajmer recorded 1.4 mm of rains, while Jaipur and Pilani

received traces of rain till this evening.

Heatwave conditions continued in Uttar Pradesh as well,

where Banda registered the highest temperature of 46 degrees

Celsius.

Lucknow recorded a maximum temperature of 38.2 degrees

Celsius, while the minimum stood at 28.1 degrees Celsius.

Jhansi witnessed a high of 44.7 degrees Celsius, followed

by Agra (43.4), Etawah (43.2), Orai (43), Hamirpur (42.6),

Allahabad and Aligarh (both 42), Fatehgarh (41.5), Meerut

(40.7), Varanasi (40.6), Kanpur (40.2) and Hardoi (40).

At 45.5 degrees Celsius, Narnaul was recorded as the

hottest place in the two states of Punjab and Haryana where

the maximum temperatures in most parts remained above the 40

degrees Celsius mark.

Hisar in Haryana registered a high of 45.4 degrees

Celsius, while Ambala and Karnal recorded their respective

maximum at 41.8 and 42 degrees Celsius, respectively.

In Punjab, Amritsar's maximum was 42.4 degrees Celsius,

while Ludhiana and Patiala recorded 43.1 and 43 degrees

Celsius, respectively.

Chandigarh recorded a maximum temperature of 41.7 degrees

Celsius.

Bihar witnessed a slight drop in mercury where clouds

and gentle wind since late afternoon effected a respite from

sweltering heat.

Patna registered a maximum temperature of 36 degrees

Celsius, while Gaya recorded 39.4 degrees Celsius.

Bhagalpur registered a maximum temperature of 37 degrees

Celsius, while Purnea recorded 34.5 degrees Celsius.

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