Mohenjo Daro sizzles at 50°C as whole country heats up

Heat spell to continue in Karachi; weathermen predict rains in June

ISLAMABAD: As the country remained in the grip of extremely hot weather on Tuesday, Mohenjo Daro remains the hottest, with mercury hitting 50 degrees centigrade.

The figure 50 also remains the highest temperature in the country in the month of May this year.

According to Pakistan Meteorological Department (PMD) spokesperson Khalid Mahmood Malik, mercury rose to 50 degrees centigrade in Turban on Monday, May 28 and in Mohenjo Daro on Tuesday, May 29.

Last year too, the country’s hottest day was recorded in Turbat where mercury soared to 53.5 degrees centigrade in the month of May.



Elsewhere in the country on Tuesday, Shaheed Benazirabad, Larkana, Dadu, Jacobabad, Lasbella, Sibbi and Bahawalnagar sizzled at 49 degrees centigrade while Sukkur, Padidan, Rohri, Turbat and Rahim Yar Khan braved 48 degrees centigrade.

Meanwhile, the Met Office predicts rising temperatures in the coming days and an intense heatwave in Punjab, Sindh, Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa, and Islamabad in the first week of June.

“Mainly hot and dry weather is expected in most parts of the country and very hot in Sindh, south and central Punjab, Dera Ismail Khan, Sibbi and Makran divisions,” reads the PMD’s daily weather report.

Temperature in most parts of the country is expected to fluctuate between 40 and 49 degrees centigrade. In Islamabad, mercury is expected to touch 44 degrees centigrade with no chances of rain in the next seven to 10 days.



According to the Met Office, the temperatures are expected to remain two to three degrees above average in most parts of the country. The pre-monsoon season is likely to begin after mid-June with hopes of some rain spells bringing down the mercury.

Karachi heatwave

According to the PMD’s Heatwave Early Warning Centre, another spell of heat is likely to prevail over Karachi and surrounding areas from May 29 to 31. Maximum temperature is expected to remain in the range of 41-44 degrees centigrade during this period, with winds blowing from west to northwest and then southwest.