A man cools off near a leaking water pipe during the heatwave (Picture: Reuters)

Pakistan endured the hottest April day ever recorded on Earth, with temperatures reaching a scorching 50.2°C on Monday.

Although Pakistan is a country well used to hot weather, this heatwave is well out of the norm, as experts say that April temperatures usually stay between 18-24C.

But the Pakistan Meteorological Department confirmed the record-breaking temperature in the city of Nawabshah on April 30.

Dozens of residents suffered heatstroke, and Pakistani newspaper Dawn reports that ‘business activities came to a halt’.

One reader said the weather was ‘a glimpse into hell on earth’.

Usually temperatures peak at 24°C (Picture: Ogimet.com)

These guys definitely have the right idea (Picture: Getty)

The World Meteorological Organisation does not keep records of global temperature by month, reports the Washington Post, which mean that Monday’s reading cannot be confirmed as the hottest April day ever recorded.

However, weather expert Christopher C. Burt said it appeared to be the hottest reliably measured April temperature ‘in modern records for any location on Earth.’

He added that there is one reading that comes close, when Santa Rosa, Mexico, hit 51°C in April 2011.

But Mr Burt says this reading was ‘questionable’ as it was recorded at a regional site.

A large area of high pressure in the Indian ocean is reportedly to blame.

A boy jumps into the water to cool off during hot and humid weather, at a port area in Karachi, Pakistan (Picture: Reuters)

The phenomenon, known as a heat dome, also brought record high temperatures to Nawabshah in March, setting a national record for that month.

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As the climate has warmed, so the risk of death increases.

A heatwave in June 2016 killed more than 1,000 people in Karachi, Pakistan’s largest city.

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