- cross-posted to:
- climate@slrpnk.net
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- climate@slrpnk.net
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/16243336
Delhi temperature hits 52.9C, shattering India’s national record
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/16243336
Delhi temperature hits 52.9C, shattering India’s national record
That’s 127.22°F.
That’s not all that far off the world record in Death Valley.
https://yaleclimateconnections.org/2021/07/death-valley-california-breaks-the-all-time-world-heat-record-for-the-second-year-in-a-row/
There are a whole lot more people living in Delhi than Death Valley, though.
EDIT: According to this, the hottest temperature India has been recorded seeing prior to this was in 2016:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_weather_records
That was at Phalodi, which is a desert city in India.
The difference is that the Delhi temperature is likely with significantly more humidity than the Death Valley one, even despite the fact that it’s the drier part of the year in Delhi.