A town in the desert state of Rajasthan in western India has recorded the country’s highest-ever temperature at 51 degrees Celsius, or 123.8 degrees Fahrenheit, according to the Indian meteorological office.

The temperature was recorded in the town of Phalodi, breaking the previous record of 50.6 degrees Celsius set in another town in Rajasthan in 1956. The heat wave that has seen temperatures exceed 40 degrees Celsius for weeks was expected to continue to beat down on the country in the next few days.