Delhi Temperature: Did Delhi's temperature really reach 52.9 degrees? Even the weather department couldn't believe it

North India including Delhi is experiencing severe heat this time. In many cities there is a curfew between 12 noon and 4 pm. The Meteorological Department has also advised not to come out of the house during this period. Conditions in Delhi on Wednesday where the temperature crossed 52 degrees. This is the highest temperature in 79 years. However, the Meteorological Department does not believe that the temperature has reached this level. He has expressed his suspicions of wrongdoing. Whereas the Saptarjung Meteorological Center in Delhi recorded a maximum temperature of 46.8 degrees Celsius. City weather officials were surprised when Mungeshpur recorded a temperature of 52.9 degrees, following which the IMD checked the automated weather station in the area for possible errors in its sensors. Cities and towns in Haryana, Delhi, Punjab, Rajasthan and Uttar Pradesh recorded a maximum temperature of over 47 degrees Celsius, while Rohtak and Prayagraj recorded 48.8 degrees Celsius, the highest temperature ever recorded, according to the India Meteorological Department (IMD). According to the IMD, Uttar Pradesh's Prayagraj and Haryana's Rohtak both broke the record for the highest temperature ever recorded this month. The highest temperature recorded at Prayagraj was 48.4 degrees Celsius on May 30, 1994. The previous record for Rohtak was 47.2 degrees on June 6, 1995. But on Wednesday, the maximum temperature in the national capital Mungeshpur was 52.9 degrees Celsius, surprising the meteorologists. “This is unusual and an unusual situation compared to other meteorological centers in the National Capital Region,” IMD Director General Mrityunjay Mohapatra said in a statement. Kiran Rijiju, Minister of Geosciences, posted on X. He said it was not official yet, a temperature of 52.3 was too unpleasant. Later around 8 pm, the IMD issued a press release saying that some are automatic weather stations and some are their observatories. The trend observed at the rest of the observatories is that temperatures have decreased. Over the next 2-3 days, the heat wave will subside and the temperature will gradually drop. A Western Disturbance brings rain with the storm. What are Automatic Weather Stations? Automated Weather Stations have been installed in various parts of India. An automatic weather station has some sensors that automatically keep on doing their work 24 hours a day. He mentions measurements of four parameters: temperature, wind direction, wind speed and precipitation. They take measurements of these four parameters every 30 minutes and send them to the Meteorological Department and they are published on the website of the Meteorological Department. 15 such people have been stationed in Delhi. What is manual observatory Temperature, wind direction, wind speed and precipitation are measured in manual observatory every 3 hours. All this data goes to the Pune National Data Center. From there a direct temperature reading is available. Manual Monitoring Centers are located at Saptarjung, Palam, Lodhi Road, Ridge and Ayanagar. Based on these data, the Meteorological Department had said that the temperature on Wednesday is either stable or declining. Temperatures at Manual Observatory stayed the same or dropped slightly, with 47 degrees at the bridge and 47 degrees Wednesday. At Lodhi Road Observatory it was 46.2 and it is 46.2. Richer was 47.5 and 47.3. In Ayanagar it was 46.8 from 47.6. AWS in Mungeshpur was 49.9 on Tuesday and 52.9 on Wednesday. Such a large fluctuation has not been seen in any AWS and not even in the sector observatory. There is a manual observatory at Safdarjung and here too on Wednesday it was 46.8, the highest temperature since 1944. This stage comes under extreme heat and severe heat wave. However, in the coming period, rains are likely on May 31 and June 1, and will drop by 3 to 4 degrees in the coming days respectively. Local factor: Due to different reasons in any city, temperature may be high in some places and low in other places. Somewhere a water body, somewhere a pond, somewhere barren land, somewhere concrete, somewhere densely populated or somewhere green grass. Due to this, the temperature in some places is high and in some places the temperature is low. If it is not a sensor fault, the second reason may be increased by local factors. Una in Himachal Pradesh recorded a maximum temperature of 46 degrees Celsius, breaking the previous record of 45.2 degrees seen on May 24, 2013. Meanwhile, the IMD has predicted that the heatwave conditions will continue for the next three to four days in North Indian states including Delhi. The situation is worse in Haryana and Punjab, which is the hottest in Hisar, where the maximum temperature is 48.5 degrees Celsius. The maximum temperature was recorded at 48.3 degrees Celsius in Mahendragarh and 48.2 degrees Celsius in Sirsa. Jhajjar and Faridabad witnessed the hottest weather, where the maximum temperature was 48.4°C and 48°C respectively. The maximum temperature was recorded at 44.3 degrees in Ambala and 42.2 degrees in Karnal. Bathinda in Punjab recorded a temperature of 48.5 degrees Celsius. The mercury touched 46.1 degrees Celsius in both Ludhiana and Pathankot. Faridkot recorded a maximum of 46 degrees Celsius, Amritsar 45.8 degrees and Patiala 45.7 degrees Celsius.