Searing heat in North, Delhi sizzles at 42.3 deg C

Searing heat continued to scorch North India today as mercury remained above the 40-degree mark in many states including the national capital.
Delhiites experienced another blistering hot day as maximum temperature in the city settled three notches above normal at 42.3 degree Celsius.
According to the local MeT department, the minimum temperature was 26.2 degree Celsius, which was one degree above normal for this time of the season.
Humidity oscillated between 50 per cent and 18 per cent.
Haryana and Punjab also remained in the grip of intense heat wave with Hisar recording to be the hottest place in the two states at 42.5 degrees Celsius.

Hisar's maximum was five notches above normal while Amritsar in Punjab also recorded a near similar high at 42.3 degrees Celsius, four notches above normal.

Narnaul (41.5 degrees Celsius) and Ambala (39.5 degrees Celsius) also experienced a hot day.
While Chandigarh's maximum settled two notches above normal at 40.1 degrees Celsius, Ludhiana and Patiala recorded a high of 41 and 40.7 degrees Celsius respectively.
Meanwhile, mercury plummeted by one to three degrees Celsius at many places in Rajasthan following the entry of western disturbance from Pakistan and Arabian Sea.
The sudden strike of western disturbance caused light drizzle in Jodhpur giving residents some respite from the blistering heat wave conditions.

The western disturbance is causing dust storm or thunderstorm with rains at isolated places in the state and this will last till May 12, a MeT department official said.
Churu was the hottest place in Rajasthan recording a maximum of 44.5 degrees Celsius.
Jaipur, which recorded a maximum temperature of 41.4 degrees Celsius, experienced dust storm late in the afternoon and light drizzle in some parts.
It was another sizzling day in Kota which recorded a maximum temperature of 42.9 degrees Celsius.