Yeah, About Delhi, India Temp the Other Day...Never Mind

The Indian government on Saturday said the record temperature of 52.9 degree Celsius registered on May 29 in Mungeshpur area of the national capital Delhi, was wrong by 3 degree Celsius due tomalfunctioning in weather sensors.

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The temperature recorded on Wednesday, May 29, in the Mungeshpur area of Delhi was the highest ever recorded across the country.

Taking to microblogging platform X (formerly known as Twitter), Earth Sciences Minister Kiren Rijiju said the Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) had investigated the reading by the AWS weather station at Mungeshpur, "and found a 3°C sensor error."

"Corrective measures are now in place," the minister added.

Beege Welborn

I'll bet you dollars to donuts it still gets trotted out as an "And an extraordinary record high was set this year in" example over and over and over again. 

I'm bookmarking this sucker.

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