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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Environment
Lauren Herdman and Daniel Harris for MetDesk

Weather tracker: early heatwave sweeps northern India

A man carries a sack on his shoulder in front of signage of a woman drinking from a green bottle
A hot afternoon in Kolkata, India. Photograph: Piyal Adhikary/EPA

Northern India has been experiencing early extreme heat this week as temperatures topped 40C (104F), including in the capital, New Delhi.

Hot weather across the north-west of the country peaked on Tuesday as Barmer, a city in the state of Rajasthan, reached 46.4C – more than 6C above the average maximum in April.

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