Delhi on Monday recorded its third hottest February day since 1969. The maximum temperature at the national capital’s primary weather station Safdarjung observatory soared to 33.6 degrees Celsius, nine notches above normal. The automatic weather station at Pitampura recorded a maximum temperature of 35.1 degrees Celsius, a departure of 10 degrees from normal. The Najafgarh and Ridge stations in the capital recorded maximum temperatures of 34.6 and 34.2 degrees Celsius, which was 9 to 10 notches above normal.
An India Meteorological Department (IMD) official said that Delhi recorded an all-time high of 34.1 degrees Celsius on February 26, 2006, and a maximum temperature of 33.9 degrees on February 17, 1993.
“This is the third highest maximum temperature in Delhi in the 1969-2023 period,” another IMD official said.