Phalodi Heat

There was no respite from heat in several parts of northern India with Sriganganagar and Phalodi in Rajasthan recording a maximum of over 47 degrees Celsius even as India Meteorological Department (IMD) predicted onset of the southwest monsoon over Kerala during the next two€three days.

A small city in northwest India climbed to a searing 51 degrees Celsius - or 123.8 degrees Fahrenheit - on Thursday afternoon, and broke the country's record for all-time hottest temperature. The previous record, 50.6 degrees Celsius, was set in 1886.

There was no respite from heat in several parts of northern India with Sriganganagar and Phalodi in Rajasthan recording a maximum of over 47 degrees Celsius even as India Meteorological Department (IMD) predicted onset of the southwest monsoon over Kerala during the next two€three days.

A small city in northwest India climbed to a searing 51 degrees Celsius - or 123.8 degrees Fahrenheit - on Thursday afternoon, and broke the country's record for all-time hottest temperature. The previous record, 50.6 degrees Celsius, was set in 1886.