Record High March Temps In @ Least 7 Asian Nations; Pakistan 113.9F; Iraq 110.8F; Delhi 99F
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The most incredible record was Pakistan’s, where it has never been so hot this early in the season, according to Meteo France meteorologist Etienne Kapikian. The late-March heat wave was expected to severely affect Karachi, the capital of the Pakistani province of Sindh.
Temperatures rose well above average in the city, but the hottest weather was measured to the northeast. The temperature soared to 113.9 degrees in the city of Nawabshah in Sindh on March 30. The next day, Moenjo Daro, also in Sindh, reached the same temperature. Moenjo Daro also holds Pakistan’s all-time hottest temperature record, 128.3 degrees in May 2010.
When winds shifted to come out of the southwest, temperatures in northern India also rose well above average. Delhi soared to 99 degrees last week, which local forecasters said was the hottest so far this season. In Iraq, the high temperature was 110.8 degrees on March 29, which blasted past the former record of 108.3 degrees, set in 2010.
At least seven countries set March high-temperature records late last week.
Pakistan — 113.9 degrees (old record 113 degrees in 2010)
Iraq — 110.8 degrees (old record 108.3 degrees in 2010)
Qatar — 104 degrees (old record 102.2 degrees in 1998)
Turkmenistan — 104.4 degrees (old record 102.4 degrees in 2010)
Uzbekistan — 99 degrees (old record 97.5 degrees in 2000)
Tajikistan — 95.5 degrees (old record 92 degrees in 1971)
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https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/capital-weather-gang/wp/2018/04/03/pakistans-114-degrees-just-one-of-many-all-time-march-records-toppled-in-asia/?utm_term=.916d07f5d6bd