Delhi sees hottest day of 2022 as mercury hits 44.2 degrees Celsius; yellow alert issued for Sunday

The IMD said that all the weather stations in the capital recorded a heatwave day on Saturday. It also predicted the heatwave spell to worsen on Sunday and issued an 'orange' alert.

New Delhi: Delhi on Saturday (May 14, 2022) saw its hottest day of the year so far as the mercury hit 44.2 degrees Celsius and weather forecasters warned that the heatwave conditions will continue to worsen in the capital.

The Safdarjung Observatory, Delhi's base station, recorded a maximum temperature of 44.2 degrees Celsius, which was five notches above normal. 

The mercury was also pushed to an unbearable high of 47.2 degrees Celsius at Mungeshpur and 47 degrees Celsius at Najafgarh, both at least seven notches above the normal.

Delhi saw the mercury rise to 46.9 degrees Celsius at Sports Complex, 46.4 degrees Celsius at Pitampura, 45.8 degrees Celsius at Jafarpur, and 45.4 degrees Celsius at Ridge and Ayanagar.

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