Hyderabad: Pakistan’s Karachi area sweltered under harsh weather conditions on Sunday for the ninth consecutive day as the temperature surged to 39.2°C, but, high levels of humidity made it feel like 55°C, Pakistan- based regular The Dawn reported.
Dr. Sardar Sarfaraz, the captain scientist at Pakistan’s Meteorological Department, reported to the Dawn that the state’s monthly average temperatures remained 4 degrees Fahrenheit above average during the ongoing heat. Wind is “very difficult to bear” due to high levels of moisture.
” With 39.2°C on Sunday, feels like the heat surges to 55°C at 5 p. The climate is now at its highest level since the 2015 heat wave, according to Sarfaraz.
When asked about the heat, he said that,” We are seeing a duplicate of similar temperature conditions after nine times. During the continued heatwave, the variation from the monthly average temperatures remained around or above four degrees Fahrenheit in Karachi.
According to the Met office, this time, the highest temperature recorded was 42 degrees Fahrenheit. In 2015 and 2024, wildfires were caused by small atmospheric pressure places.
High levels of humidity, which are unique to Karachi, make warm weather extremely difficult to bear because it raises the feels-like temperature by a large amount. This year, humidity has remained 50 per cent or above 50 per cent”, he added.
He claimed that the maximum temperature for June this year had also maintained a high heat, which was on an average of 29 to 30 degrees Celsius.
The possibly- highest temperatures of June in Karachi was 47°C, recorded on June 18, 1979. The May high temperatures was 48°C, which was recorded on May 9, 1938.
According to Dr. Sarfaraz, who made reference to a study by World Weather Attribution that linked climate change to the 2022 devastating floods in Pakistan,” Weather patterns have changed due to the warming planet. According to research, severe weather will increase as the global temperature rises, increasing in frequency, duration, and violentness.
