Delhi’s Najafgarh Scorches At 46 Degrees Celsius

South West Delhi's Najafgarh registered its highest maximum temperature as it touched the 46.3 degrees Celsius mark, according to the India Meteorological Department (IMD).

The highest maximum temperature of 46.3 degrees Celsius was reported in Najafgarh while Narela and Pitampura recorded a temperature of 45 and 44 degrees Celsius, respectively, according to a report in ANI. The weather monitoring agency said that Delhi's Palam touched 43.8 degrees Celsius.

An IMD official had recently told ANI that the temperature in the national capital will remain up to 40 degrees Celsius during the next seven days.

"Heatwave conditions in the first half of May were less severe due to Western disturbances that affected parts of northwest India. As the next western disturbance is approaching northwest India, for the next 7 days, we are not expecting heatwave conditions there. But the temperature will be higher," the Regional Head of IMD Delhi, Kuldeep Srivastava told the news agency on Tuesday.

He further stated that dust-raising winds are prevailing in the regions of Haryana, South Haryana, Delhi NCR, Western Uttar Pradesh, and North-East Rajasthan.

"Dust-raising winds are prevailing over Haryana, South Haryana, Delhi NCR, Western Uttar Pradesh, and North-East Rajasthan. The main reason behind this is that a western disturbance has passed away and strong winds are prevailing. Apart from that, the temperature was quite high for the last week, mostly 40°C or above," he said.

"The atmosphere is dry, and the soil has become loose because of the hot atmosphere. That's why winds that are blowing at 40-45 kmph are raising the dust from the surface and spreading it in the atmosphere, and mainly these are spreading up to a height of 1-2 km," he claimed.

However, the minimum temperature on Saturday in Delhi settled at 23.2 degrees Celsius and the maximum temperature at 40.4 degrees.