NEW DELHI: Blazingly sunny and bone dry, this month was the second hottest April experienced in Delhi in at least the last 72 years for which records are readily available, met department data reveals.
For only the second time since 1951, the average maximum temperature this April crossed 40 degrees Celsius. At 40.2 degrees, the average maximum this month was marginally lower than the 40.4 degrees recorded in 2010, which was the hottest April in 72 years.
