Delhi sees hottest March 23 in six years

New Delhi March 23 (IANS) The national capital saw the hottest March 23 in the past six years with the maximum temperature settling at 37.2 degrees Celsius on Thursday seven notches above the season s average the Met office said. It has forecast similar weather on Friday.

This year s March 23 has broken the last six years hottest day record. We noted 30 degrees temperature in 2016 32 in 2015 2014 and 2013 27 in 2012 and 34 in 2011 an official of the India Meteorological Department (IMD) said.

He added that there would be clear sky on Friday with maximum and minimum temperatures to be expected around 37 and 19 degrees Celsius respectively.

It was a partly cloudy morning in Delhi on Thursday morning with the minimum temperature recorded at 18.4 degrees Celsius a notch above the season s average while the humidity oscillated between a high of 87 and low of 29 per cent.

Wednesday s maximum temperature settled at 35.7 degrees Celsius five degrees above the season s average while the minimum temperature was recorded at 18.2 degrees Celsius a notch above the season s average.

--IANS
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