Weather Update Today: May is yet to come and the heatwave in India has already broken all the records in April. Delhi, which is battling with hot air, is not expected to get relief at the moment. The Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) has said that the temperature of Delhi can go up to 44 degrees on Friday. April was the hottest month in Delhi in the last 12 years. According to Pretr, the temperature here on Thursday was recorded at 43.5 degrees. The temperature here on 18 April 2019 was 43.7 degrees Celsius.
According to the weather forecast issued by IMD, hot winds will continue to blow in the national capital Delhi and today the mercury can go up to 44 degrees, while the minimum will be 25.8 degrees above normal. The Air Quality Index (AQI) was recorded at 304 at around 9 am today.
Maximum Temperature dated 28-04-2022 pic.twitter.com/Rm692IA3Pr
— India Meteorological Department (@Indiametdept) April 28, 2022
The Meteorological Department said that parts of west Madhya Pradesh, Vidarbha and Jammu, Punjab, Haryana-Chandigarh-Delhi, Uttar Pradesh, Rajasthan, East Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Bihar, Jharkhand, West Bengal, Telangana and Odisha will face hot winds. According to the department, hot winds will continue to blow over central and northwest India for the next five days, while in the eastern part of the country, this heat will continue for the next three days.
In the forecast issued by the Meteorological Department, it was reported that there may be rain and thundershowers in the North East. As far as Punjab, Haryana-Chandigarh-Delhi, Uttar Pradesh and Rajasthan, also every possibility of a dust storm on April 30 is likely. There is a possibility of rain in some parts of Arunachal Pradesh on 30th April and Assam and Meghalaya also from 30th April to 2nd May.
Heat wave conditions over Northwest & Central India during next 5 days and over East India during next 3 days and abate thereafter.
— India Meteorological Department (@Indiametdept) April 28, 2022
Rain/Thunderstorm accompanied with lightning/gusty winds likely to continue over Northeast India. pic.twitter.com/Ymgi2eOU4B