Delhi recorded its highest-ever temperature on May 29, 2024, with Mungeshpur weather station reaching 52.3°C (126.1°F). While this initial reading was later investigated due to sensor malfunction, temperatures in the city remained extreme, with other stations recording highs of 49°C–49.1°C during the same period, breaking previous records.
The highest recorded temperature of Delhi is officially recorded as 52.3°C at the Mungeshpur weather station in May 2024. The Safdarjung observatory and other stations give a highest reading of 45-47°C for recent heatwaves as better and more stable readings.
Delhi has issued a red alert as temperatures have soared to an unprecedented 52°C, breaking all previous records and causing severe heatwave conditions. This extreme heat has led to major health concerns, power and water shortages, and disruptions in daily life.
A heat wave alert has been in place for large parts of India since last week but on Wednesday the temperature in Mungeshpur, a densely packed corner of Delhi, crossed the 50 C mark, the weather office said. The Indian capital has had temperatures of over 45 C in previous years but never gone as high as 52.9 C.
The IMD has issued heatwave warnings for several places in India (PTI photo for representation) 2. The extreme heat has claimed one life in Rajasthan (a farmer died of sunstroke), where Churu recorded the country's highest temperature -- the mercury crossed the 50 degrees Celsius mark in the desert city on Sunday.
Delhi | Hottest day in 18 years | Recorded temperature 47 degree celsius
Why is 2025 not so hot in India?
Moisture Incursion: Continuous moisture influx from the Bay of Bengal and Arabian Sea has interacted with western disturbances, triggering thunderstorms and thundershowers. This has lowered maximum temperatures by 5–7°C post-thunderstorm events, a phenomenon observed across West, Central, and Eastern India.
Hyperthermia at or above about 40 °C (104 °F) is a life-threatening medical emergency that requires immediate treatment. Common symptoms include headache, confusion, and fatigue. If sweating has resulted in dehydration, then the affected person may have dry, red skin.
Delhi's proximity to the Thar Desert results in hot, dry continental winds, called loo, at times blowing all across from the West Asian mainland, making the days feel hotter. These winds, blowing over from vast land stretches, are very hot and dry.
This was the first time 40°C has been recorded in the UK. A new record daily maximum temperature was provisionally reached on 19 July, with 40.3°C recorded at Coningsby, Lincolnshire, exceeding the previous record by 1.6°C.
Experts have found that the human body has an “upper critical temperature” of between 40C and 50C, a limit which, if surpassed, can cause it to start malfunctioning.
Research. As of 1 August, the World Meteorological Organisation considered July 2019 to be at least tied for the hottest month ever recorded, based on global average temperature.
The temperature trends from 1901 to 2020 and projected trends from 2050 to 2100 in selected cities, including Delhi were analyzed and an average mean maximum temperature increase of 1.5 °C since the 1980s and an additional increase of 1.5 °C for 2050 and 2.5 °C for 2100 in the RCP 8.5 (high emissions) scenarios was ...
Delhi NCR, Gurugram in Haryana and Bathinda in Punjab were gripped by freezing cold as the night temperature in the two cities dropped to 0.6 degrees Celsius, the coldest so far this season, the meteorological department said on Monday.
The summers in Delhi are very hot and winters very cold. The temperature may rise up to about 45 degrees Celsius in summers, though the average temperature is around 39-40 degree Celsius. There are about 4-6 days of heat wave when the maximum temperature of a day rises 4-6 degree Celsius above the normal values.
One of the hottest countries on Earth potentially recorded its highest temperature ever. India recorded a temperature of 52.3 degrees Celsius -- or about 126 degrees Fahrenheit -- on Wednesday at a weather station in Mungeshpur, a suburb of New Delhi, according to the India Meteorological Department.
#HeatWave | #Delhi experienced its hottest day of 2025 yesterday, March 26, with temperatures soaring to 40.5°C The last time the national capital faced such heat in March was in 2022, when the mercury hit 39.1°C #Summer #Heat.
What is the hottest temperature a human can survive?
The human body can't tolerate its temperature reaching 43 degrees C (about 109.4 degrees F). “Anyone who reaches that core temperature — 99.9% would die,” Vanos said. This is the upper limit of survival. Heat often kills in more subtle ways — by worsening pre-existing issues, like cardiovascular or renal disease.
The highest temperature during the 1976 heatwave was 35.9 °C (96.6 °F), 0.8 °C below the record at the time of 36.7 °C (98.1 °F) set on 9 August 1911. As of 2022, 1976 has the 13th hottest day in UK history. In the Central England Temperature series, 1976 is the second hottest summer for more than 350 years after 2025.
Met Office scientist Dr Emily Carlisle said: “Provisional Met Office statistics show that summer 2025 is officially the warmest on record with a mean temperature of 16.10°C, surpassing the previous record of 15.76°C set in 2018.
While Delhi leads among metros with 43°C, cities like Ahmedabad (38°C), Chennai (35°C), and Kolkata (33°C) sit mid-range. Bengaluru, as usual, offers some respite with a relatively pleasant 27°C, making it the coolest among India's major urban centers.
India, with its hot-season combination of extreme temperatures and humidity, is different. According to one study, about 70% of Indians could be exposed to a WBT of 32C or more by the end of this century. In that scenario, about 2% of the population—tens of millions of people—could be beyond the 35C threshold.
Researchers investigated when the body starts exerting more energy to keep itself cool at high temperatures. They found that this upper-temperature limit lies between 40℃ (104F) and 50℃ (122F) when the human body stops functioning optimally.
In the women and men, the highest Tmean temperatures were found on the trunk. The warmest were the chest and upper back, then the lower back and abdomen. The lowest Tmean were found in the distal parts of the body, especially on the lower limbs.
