It's Official. Delhi Temperature High, But Not Record-Breaking. See Why
NDTV
A team headed by IMD scientist Ranju Madan said the temperature sensor in Delhi's Mungeshpur automatic weather station reported 3 degree Celsius higher maximum temperature than the maximum reported by the standard instrument
The India Meteorological Department (IMD) has said that a "faulty sensor" gave an erroneous recording of 52.9 degree Celsius on May 29. The sensor had a "positive bias" of 3 degree Celsius (over reading by three degree Celsius), a team of specialist concluded. So in essence, the temperature should have been 49.9 degree Celsius, which is still very hot, but not record-breaking.
Union Earth Sciences Minister Kiren Rijiju in a post on X said stringent quality control should be applied before releasing such data.
A team headed by IMD scientist Ranju Madan said the temperature sensor at the Mungeshpur automatic weather station (AWS) reported 3 degree Celsius (higher maximum temperature than the maximum temperature reported by the standard instrument).