NEW DELHI: The prolonged dry conditions without any significant rain made this June the hottest in the past three years, with both day and night temperatures staying high.
June 2022 saw a mean maximum temperature of 40.4 degrees Celsius and a mean minimum temperature of 27.2 degrees Celsius at Safdarjung, which is the city’s base station. The last time the average maximum and minimum temperatures for this month were higher was in 2019, at 40.8 degrees Celsius and 28.2 degrees Celsius, respectively.