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Sensor errors led to Mungeshpur temp @ 52.9º C, says IMD
The Morning Standard
|June 02, 2024
AFTER recording 52.9 degrees Celsius temperature a few days ago at Delhi's Mungeshpur and 56 degrees in Maharashtra's Nagpur, the India Meteorological Department has watered down its measurement, blaming it on malfunctioning of the sensors. Ergo, the Delhi temperature on May 29 stood corrected: 49.9 degrees Celsius.
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The original reading drove the already dreary Delhiites to the brink of exasperation until IMD sent a panel to its weather station to look at its instruments’ truthfulness.
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