KOLKATA: The city recorded its most up to date day of the year on Friday — with the utmost temperature hovering to 40°C — four days after the onset of monsoon. Scorching westerly winds from the northern states of Delhi, Rajasthan, Jharkhand and Uttar Pradesh left town singed at the same time as monsoon currents stay stalled.
June’s first fortnight has been significantly hotter than the corresponding period in May, the peak summer season month. It is a vital departure from the usual climate development of the area, stated meteorologists. Kolkata has not recorded its warmest day of the year after the onset of monsoon in at least a decade, they stated.
Explaining the ordinary ‘post-monsoon summer season’, weathermen stated that since rains have been but to succeed in the neighbouring states or north India, scorching westerly winds have been blowing in from those areas. Monsoon most often reaches Bihar and Jharkhand inside of 5 days of transferring into Kolkata. But with the monsoon currents getting stalled, they remain dry.
“Summer persists throughout north and east India from the place the warm winds are flowing in. Till the monsoon currents move or a machine develops in the area, it'll stay heat. At provide, there is no likelihood of either taking place. So, the weekend will stay scorching and the mercury may continue to hover across the 40°C mark,” stated Regional Meteorological Centre (RMC) director G Okay Das. The maximum relative humidity used to be 82% on Friday.
Between June 5 and seven in 2012, Kolkata had recorded 40.2°C, 40.1°C and 40°C. On June 12, 2016, Kolkata had clocked a maximum temperature of 40°C. But on each events, monsoon used to be but to set in. “It isn't ordinary for the mercury to touch 40°C in June. This is as a result of north India remains heat and scorching winds continue to blow into the state. But once monsoon hits the east, rains bring to an end the westerly wind waft. This time, although monsoon has arrived, the currents have became so weak and inactive that they are able to’t block the scorching winds,” defined Das.
The first fortnight of May, then again, remained significantly cooler than the corresponding period of June. It should have been the reverse. Maximum temperature remained beneath 35°C on nine days between May 1 and 15. In June, the mercury crossed 35°C on 12 days during the primary fortnight. While the easiest temperature recorded in May used to be 35.4°C, this month the mercury reached that mark on Thursday. “It is ready to stay above 37°C during the next 48 hours,” stated Das.
Friday’s heat felt like north Indian summer season. With humidity final low, Kolkatans didn’t sweat. “But the wind used to be dry and scorching. I felt a burning sensation on my skin,” stated Debjani Ghoshal, a south Kolkata resident who had ventured out in the afternoon for buying groceries.
According to a personal climate forecasting web site, Friday’s RealFeel temperature, which is determined by factors like humidity, wind waft, intensity of sunrays, altitude and cloud cover, touched 46°C.
June’s first fortnight has been significantly hotter than the corresponding period in May, the peak summer season month. It is a vital departure from the usual climate development of the area, stated meteorologists. Kolkata has not recorded its warmest day of the year after the onset of monsoon in at least a decade, they stated.
Explaining the ordinary ‘post-monsoon summer season’, weathermen stated that since rains have been but to succeed in the neighbouring states or north India, scorching westerly winds have been blowing in from those areas. Monsoon most often reaches Bihar and Jharkhand inside of 5 days of transferring into Kolkata. But with the monsoon currents getting stalled, they remain dry.
“Summer persists throughout north and east India from the place the warm winds are flowing in. Till the monsoon currents move or a machine develops in the area, it'll stay heat. At provide, there is no likelihood of either taking place. So, the weekend will stay scorching and the mercury may continue to hover across the 40°C mark,” stated Regional Meteorological Centre (RMC) director G Okay Das. The maximum relative humidity used to be 82% on Friday.
Between June 5 and seven in 2012, Kolkata had recorded 40.2°C, 40.1°C and 40°C. On June 12, 2016, Kolkata had clocked a maximum temperature of 40°C. But on each events, monsoon used to be but to set in. “It isn't ordinary for the mercury to touch 40°C in June. This is as a result of north India remains heat and scorching winds continue to blow into the state. But once monsoon hits the east, rains bring to an end the westerly wind waft. This time, although monsoon has arrived, the currents have became so weak and inactive that they are able to’t block the scorching winds,” defined Das.
The first fortnight of May, then again, remained significantly cooler than the corresponding period of June. It should have been the reverse. Maximum temperature remained beneath 35°C on nine days between May 1 and 15. In June, the mercury crossed 35°C on 12 days during the primary fortnight. While the easiest temperature recorded in May used to be 35.4°C, this month the mercury reached that mark on Thursday. “It is ready to stay above 37°C during the next 48 hours,” stated Das.
Friday’s heat felt like north Indian summer season. With humidity final low, Kolkatans didn’t sweat. “But the wind used to be dry and scorching. I felt a burning sensation on my skin,” stated Debjani Ghoshal, a south Kolkata resident who had ventured out in the afternoon for buying groceries.
According to a personal climate forecasting web site, Friday’s RealFeel temperature, which is determined by factors like humidity, wind waft, intensity of sunrays, altitude and cloud cover, touched 46°C.
Kolkata gets hottest day after monsoon sets in
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June 18, 2018
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