Extreme Heatwave Hits Pakistan Sindh Scorches at 51°C, Punjab and Balochistan
Met Office recorded 51 Celsius temperatures in Mohenjo-daro and Shaheed Benazirabad in Sindh today, while 50 degrees Celsius in Dadu, Khairpur, and Shahdadkot districts.
Amid the ongoing sizzling heatwave, temperatures at Sindh’s Larkana, Jacobabad, and Rohri and Balochistan’s Sibi reached to 49 Celsius on Monday.
Maximum temperature reached 48 Celsius in Rahim Yar Khan, Khanpur, Kot Addu, and Bhakkar in southern Punjab, while 47 Celsius in Multan, Khaniwal, Noorpur Thall, Hyderabad, and Tando Jam.
Temperatures soared to 41 C in Islamabad, 45 Celsius in Lahore, 42 Celsius in Peshawar, 37 Celsius in Karachi, 34C in Quetta, 36 in Gilgit, 41 in Muzaffarabad and 29 Celsius at Skardu and Murree.
A weather official earlier said that the current hot weather spell is likely to persist till four or five June as mercury could soar to 40 to 42 Celsius in Karachi from May 29 to 31.
“This scorching weather spell could continue till June 04 or 05,” he said.
The climate change ministry recently said that about 26 districts in the country were boiling under a severe heatwave, with the current spell of sizzling temperature likely to last until May 30.
Met Office earlier informed that due to the presence of high pressure in the upper atmosphere, heatwave conditions are likely to develop over most parts of the country, especially over Sindh and Punjab.
