At 33.4° Celsius, Bengaluru hottest in 150 years: IMD

Bengaluru: The Pensioners Paradise, as Bengaluru had been known for its salubrious weather, is becoming hot as the city recorded 33.4 degree Celsius on Thursday, highest in the last 150 years ever since the IMD started recording the temperature. The IMDs observation affirmed the general observation that winter this time disappeared quite quickly, giving people wind of a severe summer ahead.

Bengaluru, Feb. 1: The Pensioners Paradise, as Bengaluru had been known for its salubrious weather, is becoming hot as the city recorded 33.4 degree Celsius on Thursday last, the highest in January in the last 150 years ever since the India Meteorological Department (IMD) started recording the temperature.

The IMD’s observation affirmed the general observation that winter this time disappeared quite quickly, giving people wind of a severe summer ahead.

“The highest-ever temperature recorded in the city on January 30 was 33.4 degree Celsius. It has crossed all the previous records,” director of the Indian Meteorological Department in Bengaluru Geeta Agnihotri told PTI on Saturday.

On the same date, HAL airport had recorded 32.5 degree Celsius whereas it was 33.6 degree Celsius at the Kempegowda International Airport (KIA), she said.

Thursday’s temperature broke the previous highest record of 32.8 degree Celsius recorded on January 21, 2000.

Agnihotri said the rise in temperature this year was in line with the IMDs forecast in November, which had said in a press release that summer would be harsher this year throughout the country compared to previous years.