The Alipore Met department recorded a maximum temperature of 37.5 degrees, two degrees above normal, but excessive moisture content in the air made the elements feel like 49 degrees, weather scientists said. Calcutta’s minimum relative humidity — a measure of the moisture content in the air during the warmest part of the day — was 71 per cent on Thursday. In contrast, the relative humidity in Asansol (West Burdwan) at 2.30pm was as low as 16 per cent. As a result, the maximum temperature in Asansol shot up to 42 degrees Celsius,” said G.K. Das, director, India Meteorological Department, Calcutta. “The maximum temperature has been more or less the same over the past few days but the minimum relative humidity doubled between Monday and Tuesday.

Source: The Telegraph May 09, 2019 20:37 UTC