Delhi temperature hits 52.9C, shattering India’s national record
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Isn't that pretty close to an unsafe wet bulb temperature at any humidity?
It's not even peak summer yet.
I also thought about wet bulb and checked the humidity in Delhi, which seems to be just 7 % or so. According to wet bulb calculators that's still good, like around 23 °C wet bulb.
Interestingly the wet bulb temperature calculators that I tried only work until 50 °C, so that was what I put in.
At 50 °C you need about 35 % humidity to get to 35 °C wet bulb.
Regarding your second point: If I'm not mistaken, the hottest month in the region is around May. The temperature is influenced by monsoons, and although the sun peaks higher in summer, it is generally also more cloudy and rain cools of the surface. That's why usually temperatures peak just before rain season.
Sounds like a temperature where you're starting to slowly be steamed/cooked alive, fucking hell.
It's the core temperature for a medium rare steak.
And this will be the coldest summer for the rest of our lives. 😓
When Ministry for the Future starts to happen sooner than expected... poor people
Instead of building only roads and cutting down trees. Lets start planting trees as a thing. And ask for climate reforms in the country with the politicians instead of religion wars.
Ah, yes. I see. My friend, when you serve the one true religion you feeeeel it deep down, as though god is talking through your feelings.
You can’t just allow people from false religions to galavant around claiming they are part of the one true religion. And, see, since we’re all immortal (at least in the true religion) this world doesn’t matter really, except where religion counts.
Gaaaaaaah. The whole world filled with people with perfectly good noses, and yet they breathe through their mouths.
The oil politician voters think science is fake and Jesus is real
Exactly.
Get help
Exxxxactly
A faulty sensor...A faulty senso responsibility, amirite?
Adding to that
So the title seems really misleading. Did The Guardian change it, was it earlier the same as the post title?
JFC
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127°F to be precise
Thats 127F
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Go India!
They're now saying that temperature was a sensor anomaly.
Is this also a sensor anomoly?
Do you have a link to source of that? I'm pretty sure there are many sensors measuring the temperatures in a city that size.
Not familiar with these sites but here are some articles.
Did Delhi Temperature Reach 52.9 Degrees? The Truth Behind City's All-Time High Record - timesnownews.com
Was it really 52.9 degrees in Delhi? IMD says 'not sure' amid surging heat - business-standard.com
Still... I can't even imagine that kind of heat.
Thank you!
I don't know if the article was changed but this is from the article
Even the title is (now):