The news comes a day after Delhi's Mungeshpur weather station recorded a record-breaking temperature of 52.9 degrees. However, the weather department and Union Minister Kiren Rijiju have stated that the reading will be reviewed, as it may have been influenced by errors or local factors.
Delhi's primary weather station, the Safdarjung observatory, recorded a maximum temperature of 46.8 degrees Celsius, the highest in 79 years and the second-highest ever. The previous highest temperature was recorded on June 17, 1945, at 46.7 degrees Celsius.