Just one day after the port city had the hottest day of the year with a temperature recorded at 41.5°C, Karachiites experienced yet another day of extreme heat on Thursday, with the mercury rising to 39.5°C with 63% humidity.
For the first time in the summer, the capital of Sindh saw temperatures rise beyond 40°C for ten days.
On May 19, the city experienced a temperature of 40.2°C, the highest recorded temperature in 2024 thus far.
It is important to remember that on May 9, 1938, Karachi achieved the hottest temperature ever, which was 48°C.
A warning has been issued by the Pakistan Meteorological Department (PMD) regarding the likelihood of extremely hot and humid weather in the southern regions of the country over the next two days.
According to the PMD’s daily weather bulletin, a shallow westerly wave is also present over the northern sections of the country, with continental air dominating over the majority of the country.
“Mostly hot weather is expected in most areas of the country,” stated the prediction. Rain and thunderstorms are possible in certain isolated areas of Gilgit-Baltistan and Kashmir, though.
According to the weather forecast service, Friday’s weather will mostly be hot in most parts of the nation, with the possibility of extremely scorching temperatures and gusty or dust-raising winds in the southern regions.
While windstorms and gusty winds may combine with scattered rain-thunderstorms in upper Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa (KP), the Pothohar region, and northeast Punjab, rain-thunderstorms are anticipated in isolated locations in Gilgit-Baltistan (GB) and Kashmir.
