Heat, humidity make life miserable in Assam

STAFF REPORTER

GUWAHATI:The State's capital city, on Monday, recorded a maximum temperature of 36.9 degrees Celsius which was almost 5.5 degrees above the normal temperature.

Besides the blazing sun which increased the day temperature quite fast, the high humidity level has made life miserable in the city. While relative humidity in the city at 8.30 am on Monday was 85%, it was 83% at 5.30 pm on the same day.

"The record temperature in Guwahati was 40.3 degrees Celsius on May 1, 1960. The last highest temperature was on August 5, 2020, when the city recorded a maximum of 38.6 degrees Celsius which was a 6-degree departure from the normal temperature. In 2021, the city recorded 37.9 degrees Celsius on May 24 which was almost 6 degrees above the normal temperature. On August 5 this year, the city recorded a maximum temperature of 37 degrees Celsius which was almost 5 degrees above the normal temperature. So going by data and figures the city experienced one of the hottest days on Monday (September 13, 2021)," said an official of the Regional Meteorological Centre (RMC) at Borjhar.

The official said the temperature in Guwahati kept on rising for the last one week due to the long rainless condition. He added that the lack of breeze and monsoon clouds in the sky (which normally bring down the temperature) had made the atmospheric condition in the city very hot & humid.

The other towns in the State namely Tezpur, Dibrugarh, North Lakhimpur and Jorhat have also experienced above-normal temperatures.

On the other hand, the continuous spell of scanty rainfall in the State has hit the farmers hard in their seasonal paddy cultivation. In Assam, a major portion of the land is rain-fed and thus sowing and cultivation happens primarily during the Southwest monsoon spell. The Southwest monsoon spell brings rainfall during the June-September period.

The RMC has predicted a partly cloudy sky with one or two spells of rain or thundershower in Guwahati on Tuesday.

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