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.
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