The maximum temperature as well as humidity will rise in the coming days, making the weather more sultry, the Met office has said. The mercury had touched 37.9 degrees Celsius on Monday, making it the highest in the season so far. Discomfort levels go up when heat and humidity are high as the body’s mechanism of trying to lose heat fails. The sweat leaves behind a cool feeling when it evaporates from the skin,” a Met official said. “When the humidity level is high, sweat does not evaporate easily.

Source: The Telegraph May 07, 2019 22:07 UTC