IANS

The national capital is likely to witness heat wave conditions April 28 onwards with the temperature expected to hover around 44 degrees Celsius.

According to the India Meteorological Department (IMD), the temperature will also rise in the coming days but a heat wave is only expected after April 28.

On Sunday, the city recorded a maximum temperature of 39.5 degrees Celsius while the minimum was at 22.2 degrees Celsius.

Meanwhile, as per the IMD update at 8.30 p.m., the city was having a relative humidity of 36 per cent. The city observed sunrise at 5.47 a.m., and sun set at 6.52 p.m.

The air quality in Delhi was noticed in 'poor' category.

As per IMD, Odisha's Capital city Bhubaneswar today recorded its third-highest April temperature reading since 2011. The city had recorded 45.8 deg on April 11, 2016 and 43.7 deg on 16 April 2019.

Bhubaneswar, where the maximum day temperature has remained all the way below 38 deg c when the interior and western districts were simmering in intense heat during the most part of April month, has come under the sweeping heat wave today. The mercury has shot up to cross the 43 degree Celsius (43.3) today. 
 

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